Category Archives: Boats

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  Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a 38,000 tonne container ship

  Posted on July 21, 2015 by noflytri in Adventure, Boats, Photoblog, Top Experiences, Travel tips.

  I have crossed the ocean and arrived in Belgium – Wooo! Once I have posted this I can go eat chocolate and waffles and drink beer! – Double Wooo! I had thought that having already put up a blog about crossing the oceans writing a second one would be more difficult, that there wouldn’t be […]

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  Taking a freighter across the Atlantic Ocean

  Posted on July 10, 2015 by noflytri in Adventure, Boats, USA.

  So, it’s almost time. And indeed, a few hours after posting this it will have already begun… The Voyage to Belgium (rejected title for Star Trek IV). Not quite home, but pretty damn close. In my mind I’m still half expecting something to go wrong. Some unnecessary complication, despite travelled this way now once before […]

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  Crossing the Pacific Ocean on a 100,000 tonne container ship

  Posted on March 30, 2015 by noflytri in Adventure, Boats, Top Experiences.

  So, I’ve made it! All the way to Mexico from Japan by sea on a container ship. Was it what I was expecting? Yes and no. Was it good? Yes Would I do it again? Yes (which is a reassuring answer as I will be crossing the Atlantic in little over 3 months time…) Link […]

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  Tasty Tsingtao and the slow boat to Korea

  Posted on February 20, 2015 by noflytri in Boats, China, Korea, Museums.

  Ok, so Seoul might still technically be on the Eurasian mainland, but having finally left China behind, 5 and a half months after I first arrived into Kashgar in early September, it definitely feels like another chapter in my journey has ended, which brings both feelings of melancholy and excitement for what is now to […]

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• Catching a ride on a cargo Ferry from Baku – Part 2. The journey and a bit of Kazakhstan

  Posted on July 8, 2014 by noflytri in Azerbaijan, Boats, First Impressions, Kazakhstan, train journey's, Travel tips.

  The feeling of getting on the boat when trying to cross the Caspian Sea is one of a great weight being lifted from your shoulders. You’ve done your bit now; you’ve done all the walking to and from the port, you’ve done your bit arranging Visa’s and registration forms, and you’ve done your bit trying […]

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• Catching a ride on a cargo ferry from Baku. Part 1. Trying to get on a boat

  Posted on July 5, 2014 by noflytri in Azerbaijan, Boats, Kazakhstan, Travel tips.

  If anyone is reading this who is looking to take the boat across the Caspian Sea, some of the info here might be useful. I caught one from Baku to Aktau in Kazakhstan, but much of this will apply to the Turkmenbashi run. The info is current as I write it, but it seems evident […]

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