A freight way to travel...

The Observer published a feature article I wrote for them yesterday about our cargo ship travel experiences, under the toe-curlingly cringe-worthy pun title of 'A freight way to travel...'. The piece was written whilst we were still gliding gracefully across the Pacific, so it´s a case of 'let´s do the time-warp again!' in terms of blog content, as we´re currently in steamy, jungly Palenque and crossing the border into Guatemala tomorrow! You can read the whole article here, and it also includes lots of useful tips and links on ´How to travel by cargo ship'. Disgracefully however the Observer managed to omit a link to our fantastic shipping agent extraordinaire Hamish Jamieson of www.freightertravel.co.nz who has helped us secure all the maritime passages of our trip and provided a wonderful, personal and efficient service (he even picked us up at the port and gave us a tour of his hometown of Napier when we arrived in New Zealand!). If you fancy a bit of freighter action then Hamish is your man...