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fred_c · Joined: 08 Jan 2008

My contract is finished in February and then I'll be heading back to the states. I'm not in any hurry to get back there, and I'd like to explore some alternative travel possibilities. Have any of you traveled between Korea and the US without setting foot on a plane?

cruisemonkey · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:15 am Post subject:

Oddly enough yes - I've been on a 49-day cruise from Bangkok to San Francisco that included Pusan as a port of call.

Feb./March is the wrong time of year. There are no passenger vessels headed east from this part of the world until April and May; and you would have to embark in: Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing or Tokyo.

moosehead · Joined: 05 May 2007

a lot of people like to travel by freighter nowadays but I looked it up and it's pretty expensive - the ships have honed in on the market - a friend of mine went on a Russian freighter once she said it was great fun but very austere.

anyway, am not sure traveling the Pacific on a boat would be all that great? but then maybe it would - let us know if you go that way.

*on a side note* when I was in Capetown I met a couple of fellows staying at the same place who had just driven down from the netherlands - yes, all across North to South - from Europe to Capetown - don't recall what city they were from. They had a weblog and posted thousands of pix - apparently they were kinda famous for having completed the journey.

was funny tho - they sold their car in Capetown and flew back home!

cruisemonkey · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject:

Here's one for you... only $12,500.00 + (depending on your stateroom).

Crystal Serenity

ITINERARY

DAY DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART
Thu Apr 16 Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan Embark
Fri Apr 17 Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan 5:00pm
Sat Apr 18 At Sea
Sun Apr 19 Otaru, Japan 8:00am 5:00pm
Mon Apr 20 At Sea
Tue Apr 21 At Sea
Wed Apr 22 Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Russia 8:00am 5:00pm
Thu Apr 23 At Sea
Fri Apr 24 Dutch Harbor, AK 1:00pm 6:00pm
Sat Apr 25 At Sea
Sun Apr 26 Kodiak, AK 8:00am 5:00pm
Mon Apr 27 Anchorage (Seward), AK 7:00am 9:00pm
Tue Apr 28 At Sea
Wed Apr 29 Glacier Bay (Cruising)
Thu Apr 30 Ketchikan, AK 10:00am 6:00pm
Fri May 1 At Sea
Sat May 2 Vancouver, BC, Canada 7:00am Midnight
Sun May 3 Victoria, BC, Canada 7:00am 5:00pm
Mon May 4 At Sea
Tue May 5 San Francisco, CA 8:00am 6:00pm
Wed May 6 At Sea
Thu May 7 Los Angeles, CA 8:00am

crocadoodledoo · Joined: 26 Nov 2008

I was thinking of the same thing not too long ago - I took the boat from China to here and decided that the slower the better when travelling Cool

heres a couple of sites i found:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=1318783
Cheers and let us know when you find something good!

and avoid Somalia please

moosehead · Joined: 05 May 2007

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

bump. What a trip this would be.