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soultravelers3 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:40:14 -0000

It IS a great way to travel and most miss the joys! We did it as a family though not in that direction, just on a big freighter. We did not do it to write, just an excuse to learn more about life on our open ended world tour. Enjoy!

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Rob Long — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:58:12 -0000

I used a company called Travltips.

The website has most of the information, but there's also a company in
Pasadena, CA that does the same thing -- not sure who that is, though.

Thanks for listening to me on Dennis' show!

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aaronjhill — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:24:30 -0000

I am interested in alternative methods of travel and am wondering how you booked passage on a cargo ship. Please send me any tips you may have. I love listening to Dennis Miller's radio show and was fascinated by your stories.

Thanks for any information.

Sincerely,

Aaron J. Hill
Salem, Oregon

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Rob Long — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:57:12 -0000

The phone works. Too well, frankly. I hate to think what my bill is
going to be, after all of that Twittering and Facebook updating.

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Cosimoto — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:04:05 -0000

Actually, the call sign is DDZE2. The correct link for tracking is

http://www.sailwx.info/ship...

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trfall — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:01:54 -0000

I was going to say "Which container is yours?" -- then I read your next post.

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trfall — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:01:17 -0000

I was going to say "Which container is yours?" ... then I read your next post.

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imrananwar — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:43:03 -0000

Hey, this is one interesting posting. Be safe.

Imran
http://imran.com/media/blog/

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Ann Handley — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:23:54 -0000

This sounds both incredibly awesome and incredibly terrifying. I hope it's the former, for you. And I hope it's not too cold. Pack fleece.

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FrankC — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:30:39 -0000

Sharpen your cutlass

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Michael Taylor — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:02:20 -0000

Rob;

I wouldn't worry about those pirates -- they'll just take the ship hostage, anchor it off the Somali coast (alongside that frieghter full of Russian tanks, and the 100 million dollar Saudi oil tanker), and maybe trot you out with the crew for a quick video to help speed the ransom negotiations along. This could be the perfect Writer's Boot Camp Retreat -- weeks and weeks of enforced idleness: nothing to do but write.

Let's see -- Russian tanks, a fully loaded supertanker, and desperate pirates with guns.... there's got to be an action/adventure script in there somewhere.

The only thing to worry about out there is one of those hundred foot rogue waves that occasionally rise up out of nowhere. If one of those monsters hits the Hanjin Miami in just the wrong way at just the right time, that overloaded top-heavy scow could go over and under in a flash.

On second thought, worrying about it won't help, so don't worry. Just write.

Good luck.

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Douglas Allen — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:11:29 -0000

"You can't really track the progress of the writing I'm supposed to be doing. You'll just have to trust me."

Trust, but verify.

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Rob Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:10 -0000

"Container Class"

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Rob Long — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:07 -0000

This is going to be hugely helpful. Many thanks.

Also: this feels like the beginning of an excellent phrasebook. Have
you thought of publishing one?

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Bill Walsh — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:42:09 -0000

Rob,

Just practice saying the following, or have it printed on a card, in case you run across some Somalis out for a cruise around the Marshall Islands:

Waryaa! Xabad ha ridin! Soodhawaw! Waxaanahay saaxiib! Keen qoriga! Ma baddaan ku duugnaa isaga?

Waan ku jechlahay! Qabiilkaa? Miyaad haysataa hubka sida xun wax u gumaada? Miyaad istic maashaa kaniiniyo dhalmada joojinaya? Ma lagu qabaa? Ii ogoloow in aan soo galo aa gaaga! Waan kaa caawini doonaa labis is ka bixintaada. Ha cararin!

Agalka ayaan rabaa in aan waco.

Hi! Don't shoot! Welcome! I am a friend! Give me the gun! May we bury him at sea?

I love you! What tribe are you? Do you have weapons of mass destruction? Are you married? Do you use pills for birth control? Please permit me to enter your control zone. I will help you undress. Don't run!

I want to go home.

Bon voyage!

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Rob Long — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:33:34 -0000

Right, well. Something to be aware of.

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CT — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:13:09 -0000

PS You said, apparently takes passengers. Please look up the history of Portland and Seattle, and the term Shanghai(ed).

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CT — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:13:07 -0000

PS You said, apparently takes passengers. Please look up the history of Portland and Seattle, and the term Shanghai(ed).

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CT — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:10:43 -0000

PS You said, apparently takes passengers. Please look up the history of Portland and Seattle, and the term Shanghai(ed).

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CT — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:08:03 -0000

Ah, to be there again. I was a Merchant Marine, working my way through college. And my primary route would take us across the Gulf of Alaska, down along Kamchatka, into the waters of Korea, Japan, and points south. Sometimes around the Straights of Malacca, where the Orient turns into the land of Islam in the space of 20 miles. We occasionally would carry a passenger or two. But mostly family members of executives, as life on a merchant ship can become very monotonous. The one thing I rember best is how in the space of 3-4 days you will go from bitterly cold stormy conditions (where to fall overboard you'd die in minutes), to the deep deep blue clam of the south Pacific. Dolphins and flying fish. Have a safe journey. CT

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Rob Long — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:17:40 -0000

True enough, although I don't plan on getting all "Jack Bauer" if
we're hijacked by pirates. Unless by "Jack Bauer" you mean begging
and wetting myself.

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Rob Long — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:17:37 -0000

I just can't figure out from the photograph where, exactly, the Lido
deck is.

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Rob Long — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:15:40 -0000

Thanks! What I'm most nervous about, in reverse order, are: 1)
missing important stuff and calls and messages for 2 weeks; and 2) not
having any important stuff, calls, or messages to miss.

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Mark30339 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:21:17 -0000

Sounds like the plan is to get hijacked by pirates, be sure to put the Hanjin's picture on milk cartons so the pirates can't miss it. After all, true life is easier to write than fiction. If all else fails, there's sure to be a couple Jack Bauer episodes among those containers.

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Amrita — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:52:45 -0000

Smart move. I did something similar but on a Russian research vessel to Antarctica but 10 yrs ago when we weren't all so plugged in. Good luck with the writing and hope you don't suffer from too much internet withdrawal, they say it is worse than scurvy.