Questions tagged [ships]
A usually large flotation device that carries passengers and cargo across the oceans, or up and down rivers. Its natural enemies are icebergs, German Type VIIC submarines and drunken Captains.
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Cheapest way to reach Peru from India
I want to go to Peru next year. Air fare is mighty expensive, then it struck me, it might be possible to go by ship. And it would be fun, I'd actually see ocean journey and see the geography which I ...
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Travel from Munich to Scotland avoiding flight
I want to travel from south Germany (say Munich) to Scotland (say Edinburgh), but with no flight as I want to protect the climate.
Meanwhile it is again possible to book the Eurostar train connection ...
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Can I send post to someone on a cruise ship?
My Significant Other is currently working on a cruise ship. I happen to be on a separate (family) holiday and thought it would be nice to send her a post card. Can I send post, such as a letter or ...
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Do the regular passenger lines exist along the Bergen - Tromso - Kirkenes coastline?
I plan to see the northern coastline of Norway (Bergen-Tromso-Kirkenes). My goal is to find the way to move along the coastline, not being restricted to the town where I land. I cannot rent a car, how ...
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Travel by sea from Kochi to New York
I was wondering if it would be possible to travel from India to the United States by sea. Here are the considerations I had in mind:
Is this even possible? Which companies offer passenger cruises? ...
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Traveling to US from France by ship
I would like to book a ship from France to US, hopefully Louisiana or Texas in the Spring. My fiancé has a health condition that prohibits air flight and I want to get him here as soon as possible to ...
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Travelling from USA to Canada by Ship
Are there commercial boats, ferries which can allow passengers to travel from USA to Canada and vice versa?
What will be the distance time for example Washington D.C to Ottawa by ferry, boat taking ...
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Is it possible to do a round-the-world trip by train and passenger ship only? Missing link for crossing the Pacific
One of my bucket list projects is to go around the globe - solely by using railways and scheduled passenger ships.
I found out that the thing is nearly possible, except one missing link. The travel ...
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River Thames Source and Destination Points
https://www.britannica.com/place/River-Thames
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_River_Thames
Are there ferries, ships, boats services to ...
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Has air travel always been safer than sea travel? [closed]
Closely related: Do ships sink nowadays?
The first powered, heavier-than-air airplane flight was in 1903. The first death in an airplane crash occurred in 1908. Therefore for the first five years of ...
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Traveling from USA to Canada [closed]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
https://www.google.com/search?q=world+map+with+country+name&oq=World+map&aqs=chrome.3.0i271j69i57j0i433j0j0i433....
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Can I swim to Litle Hjartøya from Nyholmen, Norway?
I would like to get to this island, marked by a red marker (on Google Maps):
The obvious route would be to swim across the strait marked by the green stripe. Distance is not that big, ~270m, I can ...
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What is the purpose of going on a modern cruise ship? [closed]
Recently, I've been watching a lot of in-depth video tours of these objectively gigantic modern cruise ships, which are all more or less the same. Basically, they are like floating cities, but ...
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From North of Italy to Greece via ship
I'd like to go to Greece from North of Italy (example: Genoa) or South of France via ship.
Is this route available nowadays with a ship / ferry? Do you have any feedback about it, if you already ...
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How to research cruise ship relocation trips properly?
I'm honestly finding it extremely difficult to find details about this particular method of travel. As of right now this is simply a hypothethical as I'm not going to move the Netherlands yet, but it ...
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