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| Why fly when can you take 20 times longer for three times the price? Photo by Mike Baird, licensed through Creative Commons |
Once
upon time, if a young man suffered from wanderlust or a failure to fully
comprehend the rhythm method, fleeing his quaint coastal hometown was a simple
matter. All he had to do was run, preferably under
cover of darkness, to the dockyard and beg for a job on the first freighter
bound for Sheik Yarbouti. Once onboard
he was free to enjoy a lifetime on the open sea, never again to worry about personal
responsibility or any kind of basic human comfort.
Over time,
the slow encroachment of unions and maritime laws has made it tougher to escape
your mistakes by sea. Now the experience of traveling on a seagoing freighter
is limited to those who thoughtfully joined the Seafarers International Union
before “forgetting” their prophylactics and independent-minded tourists who
have time and money to burn.
And so, having covered some options for flying the friendly skies, in this installment of "So You Want to Go to England" we takes a look at this considerably less popular alternative to air travel.
And so, having covered some options for flying the friendly skies, in this installment of "So You Want to Go to England" we takes a look at this considerably less popular alternative to air travel.
