Did you know you can still travel across the ocean as a passenger on a boat?

[PhillyB]

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I have booked passage in a spare berth on a German freighter leaving from a port in Long Beach headed to Sydney, Australia. It'll be twenty-one days at sea with nothing to do but write the book I've been saying I'm going to write for the last three years. As a kid I read way too many Jack London and Herman Melville books so this is the sort of thing that appeals to my sense of adventure and turns on my creative flow.

The ship embarks on 16 February 2012. Needless to say I am pretty amped.

[TheJason]

How much did it cost you?

[mmmbeans]

how much did you pay?

in sodomy...

[PhillyB]

How much did it cost you?

three grand :(

it'll be more than worth it though when I publish.

[mmmbeans]

jesus dude.

good luck... i've always been able to find something to do besides work. it'll definitely be a unique experience.

[dimbee]

21 days to write a book??

That's a hell of a deadline

[PhillyB]

how much did you pay?

in sodomy...

the crew is filipino not german so it won't be quite as painful

sorry jayflip

21 days to write a book??

That's a hell of a deadline

The core of it is written already. This will be about arranging it and adding in what needs to be added. Still plenty to do but at this point it's more about getting three weeks of uninhibited creative process to pound out the rest (everything I've written thus far has been during a journey of some sort, I enter some weird state of writer's block when I'm at home or consumed with my job.)

[TheJason]

I agree about the unique experience. That is something I can confidently say I will not be doing in my life (I have 2 kids, and a wife).

Now something I'd want to do to get away? Sounds pretty fun/interesting.

[TheJason]

Holy crap at the bottom it says beware of pirates!

Became a VERY interesting trip.

[Ja Rhule]

You gonna pass not far away of coast of Somalia... watch out for those pirates.

Good luck on your journey. Keep us updated! I love reading your stories! Oh yeah, take lots of pictures!

[PhillyB]

Holy crap at the bottom it says beware of pirates!

Became a VERY interesting trip.

modern piracy is generally concentrated on several areas of the african coast, the malacca strait in malaysia, several areas in indonesia, and some southeast asian coastlines. the only landfall will be in new zealand - not much to speak of there.

if i want something extraordinary i'm going to have to hope a bigass kracken tries to sink the ship.

[TheJason]

modern piracy is generally concentrated on several areas of the african coast, the malacca strait in malaysia, several areas in indonesia, and some southeast asian coastlines. the only landfall will be in new zealand - not much to speak of there.

if i want something extraordinary i'm going to have to hope a bigass kracken tries to sink the ship.

Sounds like chapter 1 just wrote it self.:cheers2:

[Miaoww]

£3k to get there slowly? Wow these guys must have laughed all the way to the bank.

[Panthro]

If you pay me $20 I'll kick you in the shins