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Did ya ever really want to? I certainly never have. I'd much rather pitch a tent 3/4th's the way up a mountain for a week and cook my own food on a campfire, than be locked on a floating barge with 4000 other people for a week.Now that cruise lines are Woke, I guess that's one MOAR thing I'm never going to experience.
I had thought about it. But like you, I suspected it would be more like my aircraft-carrier experience, than a vacation.Did ya ever really want to? I certainly never have. I'd much rather pitch a tent 3/4th's the way up a mountain for a week and cook my own food on a campfire, than be locked on a floating barge with 4000 other people for a week.
Remember when that Carnival Cruise line Triumph in February 10, 2013 lost power from An engine room fire in the Gulf of America? The loss of power disabled propulsion, air conditioning, lighting, and sanitation systems, leading to overflowing toilets and unsanitary conditions, earning the incident the nickname "Poop Cruise." The ship was towed to Mobile, Alabama, arriving on February 14, 2013. Carnival provided refunds, $500 per passenger, and a future cruise credit.Did ya ever really want to? I certainly never have. I'd much rather pitch a tent 3/4th's the way up a mountain for a week and cook my own food on a campfire, than be locked on a floating barge with 4000 other people for a week.
Remember when that Carnival Cruise line Triumph in February 10, 2013 lost power from An engine room fire in the Gulf of America? The loss of power disabled propulsion, air conditioning, lighting, and sanitation systems, leading to overflowing toilets and unsanitary conditions, earning the incident the nickname "Poop Cruise." The ship was towed to Mobile, Alabama, arriving on February 14, 2013. Carnival provided refunds, $500 per passenger, and a future cruise credit.
Investigations revealed the fire was caused by a fuel leak from an overdue-for-maintenance generator, with prior fuel line issues known to Carnival.
Took them a 4 days to get back to port. No power. No water. No toilets... need I elaborate?
Though, in truth, they remind British football hooligans at a soccer match.It's not all of them, but it's always them.
You don't want to ride a bike through South America unless you have a death wish. I did it in.my late.40s and it almost killed me. Not even including the multiple crashes off road you need to bring your own toilet paper, the good roads are not and there are.lots of scammers and crooks.I had thought about it. But like you, I suspected it would be more like my aircraft-carrier experience, than a vacation.
A carrier. Nut-to-butt, everywhere. Then, introduce copious quantities of liquor.
So, I put the thought on hold. A similar plan, maybe a substitute, was to book a cabin on a cargo ship, to Australia. Back in 2018 or so, it could be done - there were arrangers online. A few limitations, though - first of all, age. Had to be under 62 or so. Another was, you were forbidden from doing any work - Union rules. I could see that being taken by the ship's master, to keeping a passenger limited to his own cabin.
I put THAT on hold, too - thought I'd tour Central America, by motorcycle, first. I was gonna leave November of 2019 - and I got as far as staging my bike in Las Vegas. I was gonna fly down there, ride across the border, and enjoy the winter sunshine.
We saw how THAT worked out - that storm that wiped out half of Mexico kept me from being on the wrong side of an impenetrable border for the Coof Panic. Now, I no longer ride; I'm not interested in packaged tours; I don't trust ANYONE - swindles and random crime are epidemic everywhere in the West.
But, lest I have thoughts of maybe taking a cruise after all...this nooze blurb gets my head right.
Now, as it happens, I'm not riding anything anywhere. That ship has sailed...if I ride again, it will be because we're in a Lucifer's-Hammer crisis and my life, or my tribe's lives, depend on my getting somewhere fast with minimal gasoline.You don't want to ride a bike through South America unless you have a death wish. I did it in.my late.40s and it almost killed me. Not even including the multiple crashes off road you need to bring your own toilet paper, the good roads are not and there are.lots of scammers and crooks.