San Diego - Los Angeles - Melbourne
G'day.
We have just arrived in Melbourne. It's a beautiful day here and all is well.
Just before leaving San Diego, we did finally manage to get to the "World Famous" zoo and see the pandas, hippo and so on.
After leaving San Diego we spent a couple of days in LA getting ready for the trip over to Oz (buying books, food etc). When we got to the port of LA it was quite intimidating. The freighter industry is not geared towards passengers (obviously) - so there was none of the usual creature comforts of people to meet you and guide you through a check-in procedure - instead we arrived at a gate where we signed in and they put us on a bus which took us to the dock. It was a struggle getting ourselves and our luggage up the gangway without falling into the sea, but we managed it somehow!
Once onboard we were given a brief orientation and then left to our own devices. The cabin was nice - a bedroom, a dayroom and a bathroom. It was put on the ship so the owner would have somewhere to stay in case they decided to check up on how the ship, and presumably cargo, crew etc, was doing.
Meals were pretty good on the whole - although generally meat based, so we ended up eating rice, potatoes and/or side veg a lot. I'm just glad we brought a few extra bits and pieces. There wasn't a huge amount to do onboard, but the sunsets were wicked!
We ended up spending a lot of time playing cards, reading and sleeping. It was a pretty good time in general - it was very relaxing watching the ocean and feeling the rocking of the boat. We did get a tour of the bridge and the engine room - which were cewl!
So now here we are in Melbourne. All I need to do is find a USB equipped PC that actually allows me to browse the USB stick I put in it and then I can show you what I'm talking about! :-)
Iff
We have just arrived in Melbourne. It's a beautiful day here and all is well.
Just before leaving San Diego, we did finally manage to get to the "World Famous" zoo and see the pandas, hippo and so on.
After leaving San Diego we spent a couple of days in LA getting ready for the trip over to Oz (buying books, food etc). When we got to the port of LA it was quite intimidating. The freighter industry is not geared towards passengers (obviously) - so there was none of the usual creature comforts of people to meet you and guide you through a check-in procedure - instead we arrived at a gate where we signed in and they put us on a bus which took us to the dock. It was a struggle getting ourselves and our luggage up the gangway without falling into the sea, but we managed it somehow!
Once onboard we were given a brief orientation and then left to our own devices. The cabin was nice - a bedroom, a dayroom and a bathroom. It was put on the ship so the owner would have somewhere to stay in case they decided to check up on how the ship, and presumably cargo, crew etc, was doing.
Meals were pretty good on the whole - although generally meat based, so we ended up eating rice, potatoes and/or side veg a lot. I'm just glad we brought a few extra bits and pieces. There wasn't a huge amount to do onboard, but the sunsets were wicked!
We ended up spending a lot of time playing cards, reading and sleeping. It was a pretty good time in general - it was very relaxing watching the ocean and feeling the rocking of the boat. We did get a tour of the bridge and the engine room - which were cewl!
So now here we are in Melbourne. All I need to do is find a USB equipped PC that actually allows me to browse the USB stick I put in it and then I can show you what I'm talking about! :-)
Iff
posted by Iff at
8:37 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home