I don't know whether I should say this or not, because he was a lovely bloke, but the Captain was not dissimilar to a Ukrainian Ricky Gervais. Picture "The Office", but set on a boat...
Eight Ripping Yarns and Tales of High Adventure from the Six Seas (and One Ocean) May 31st 2007 Singapore - At Sea
Introducing the Good Ship Theodor Storm
“On this ship you are special”.
That was what the 3rd Officer told me with a warm, broad Filipino smile. He meant it as a form of introduction to the manner in which we, as the only three passengers, should become accustomed to being treated on our 9 day stay aboard the cargo vessel “MV Theodor Strom”, but I’ve had probl ... read more
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Years of staring at maps, debating routes, saving money and boring anyone in earshot with constantly changing plans finally culminated in our D-Day. 28th August 2006. The day that Vik and Bob went global.
Having made it to New Zealand without taking a single flight, we reached the conclusion that neither our finances nor our sea legs could stomach another container ship journey so we've cheated and taken a flight from New Zealand to Bangkok. From Bangkok we hope to stick with the overland theme and take a route home through Southern Asia: China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey...
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