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Month: February 2009

A slow boat to China

February 28, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

Over the last few weeks, when people have asked Becky’s mom about where we were, she replied with “On a…

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Posted in: Freighters, Indian Ocean, Journal

Piracy on the high seas

February 21, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

If you think piracy was a thing of the past, think again. The movies portray pirates with romance and intrigue,…

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Posted in: Freighters, Journal

A Tropical Day

February 19, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

Today we awoke to the humidity of the tropics. We are still only at 20 degrees north latitude in the…

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Posted in: Journal

The Suez Canal

February 18, 2009 scott and becky 2 Comments

When we envision transiting a canal, we visualize going through locks, like the Rideau Canal at home; however, the Suez…

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Posted in: Freighters, Journal

A short visit to Barcelona

February 14, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

We arrived at the pilot station at 11 am and were immediately brought into port at Barcelona. We were surprised…

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Posted in: Journal, Spain, Visited Places

Welcome Aboard

February 13, 2009 scott and becky 3 Comments

We arrived at the container port in La Spezia without any surprises and were required to place our bikes inside…

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Posted in: Italy, Journal, Spain, Visited Places

On a ship to Singapore

February 12, 2009 scott Leave a comment

We’re on the Hanjin Brussels on our way to Singapore, so you won’t see much from us until the end…

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Posted in: Italy, Journal, Visited Places

Rome wasn’t seen in a day

February 8, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

Just like Rome was not built in a day, there was no way to see Rome in a day. There…

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Posted in: Italy, Journal, Visited Places

What is it Romans do?

February 7, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

Since we were travelling to Rome, we decided to take the saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”,…

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Posted in: Italy, Journal, Visited Places

A falling tower

February 4, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

Despite the heavy rain forecast throughout the north of Italy for the next week, we decided to head to Rome…

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Posted in: Italy, Journal, Visited Places

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