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With our Captain

photo by Catherine Dennler
Yoga lessons for the Captain, coffins on board and Filipino-style Karaoke: Life on cargo ship MSC Ilona

September 13th 2010
I soon find that one thing you really need to have at sea is patience. When we arrive in England one day after leaving Bremerhaven, our ship has to hover outside Felixstowe for twenty-four hours, as the harbour is full. So we stop the engine, drop the anchor and spend a leisurely day on board, gazing longingly towards the shore. I feel a bit like I am on Alcatraz, captive on a strange, colossal ro ... read more
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