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If Amtrak says 63 hrs... Double their estimate to be more accurate.
Take the cat as ESA, (only if cat likes to travel).
Our pets stay home to guard the place. When we arrived home from a yr away... The pets were a bit miffed that we were disrupting their new schedule and their new homes, and personal space.
A new order takes place in the house if I am gone even a couple of days. Yeah, the cat screams bloody murder just going to the vet.
Here's a "slow travel" travel agency in Berlin, Germany that can book cargo ship trips as well as mail ships, expedition supply ships to Antarctica and sailing ships. They are well known in Germany, but have booked lots of trips for travelers from the US, Canada and many other regions. Web link below is in English.
Here's a "slow travel" travel agency in Berlin, Germany that can book cargo ship trips as well as mail ships, expedition supply ships to Antarctica and sailing ships. They are well known in Germany, but have booked lots of trips for travelers from the US, Canada and many other regions. Web link below is in English.
Tom Hanks was also a FedEx employee on a plane that crashed in the sea in Cast Away. Great movie. I think that is what Sand&salt is referring to.
Yes, I know. But, my particular reference was to Captain Phillips which is actually about a Maersk cargo ship. That's why I corrected that. Of course, I have seen Cast Away.
I was looking into being a passenger on a cargo ship. There are even specialty travel agents who book these. There are 12 or so very nice cabins available. No entertainment of course, but if you enjoy being at sea....
But strangely, there seem to be very few cargo ships going from So. America to the U.S. West coast. I would think there would be LOTS of travel on that route, since so many goods come from SA to the U.S.
If you ever wondered about this, it's not cheap. Rates go from $120 to $150 a day per person. So that 22-day journey would be over $5,500. That's over 3 times what we paid for a trans-Atlantic cruise.
Then I find out the shipping companies are not taking passengers anymore since Covid.
My question is, why so few cargo shipping lanes from So. America to the U.S. West coast? At least, according to this chart:
Cargo ship would be worse than a greyhound bus ride across the country!
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