A few from a freighter cruise across the Pacific

[Gardyloo]

With too much time on my hands, I've been scanning and cleaning up a few pictures taken on a freighter cruise across the Pacific in 1998.  Here's the full trip report if interested:  http://gardyloo.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Across-the-Pacific-on-a-Freighter.pdf

 

Our ship arriving in Auckland

 

 

Departing Auckland (pilot boat following)

 

 

Port call, Suva, Fiji

 

 

Suva market (adjacent to dock)

 

 

Dedication of new ferry, along the same dock as our ship

 

 

My wife returning to our cabin prior to departure from Suva

 

 

Sailing from Suva

 

 

Bridge

 

 

Middle of the big ocean

 

 

Crew member hard at work.  Not.

 

 

A couple of sunsets

 

 

 

Approaching San Francisco

 

 

 

SF Pilot arriving

 

[ski ww]

A very interesting way to cruise, thanks for posting.

[Oak Hill Cruisers]

Nice pictures.  Your post may inspire us to re-post photos for our 25-day sailing from Houston to Antwerp on the Rickmers Jakarta in 2017.  Our original pictures were posted with TinyPics which went out of business and all the photos that were with our CC trip write-up in the Freighter Cruising board were deleted.

[hloakes]

AN interesting way to travel. Not sure it would be for us, but novel.

 

[bobmacliberty]

Definitely interesting.  I really enjoyed reading your report.  You mentioned beer during your wife's birthday dinner.  Was alcohol available at other times?  Were there restrictions on what you could bring onboard, either from Auckland or Suva?  You've piqued my curiosity.

[Gardyloo]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

Definitely interesting.  I really enjoyed reading your report.  You mentioned beer during your wife's birthday dinner.  Was alcohol available at other times?  Were there restrictions on what you could bring onboard, either from Auckland or Suva?  You've piqued my curiosity.

Beer and wine were available for purchase; one could bring liquor on board if you chose.  Otherwise no restrictions.  

[Heidi13]

On 6/14/2020 at 11:26 AM, Gardyloo said:

Beer and wine were available for purchase; one could bring liquor on board if you chose.  Otherwise no restrictions.  

 

Hopefully you were paying the same prices as the Officers from the Wardroom Bar or slop chest. Beer, wine and spirits were always way cheaper on any ship I worked aboard than purchasing ashore.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

Freighter cruising is not for us.