Category Archives: Around the World by Freighter

Well, we have finally made it to Nagoya, Japan! Of course, the first thing I wanted to do was catch up the Travelblog by ‘posting’ all of our stops from China (so those of you who still may be following … Continue reading →

How blessed we were to have a second port stop in Shanghai! Here take a look at the beauty of the Shanghai Bund and surrounding area …with the magic of the night lights:

We had a great day exploring Zhouzhuang, China. This is a small canal town located on the Jinghang Canal and connecting Suzhou with Shanghai. Shanghai is so large that it actually took over two hours to travel there from our … Continue reading →

So…..what does one do when the ship is delayed and there is no new ‘berth’ open for five days??? Due to the delays in Ningbo our ‘berthing time slot’ in Shanghai was taken. We found ourselves with a five day … Continue reading →

Ningbo, China proved to be a most interesting port in terms of freighter life! We faced a crane repair on the vessel. Additional engineers and Chinese workers came right on board and quickly fixed the crane cable problem; some even … Continue reading →

I admit that we did not know a lot about this port. We just focused on the fact that it was our closest opportunity to get to the Great Wall and allow Bud the opportunity to experience its’ splendor!!! It … Continue reading →

We spent the day touring the back streets and Chinese alleyways of this China port city which claims to house 6 million people!!! We learned that there is an ‘Old Dalian’ and a ‘New Dalian’. We opted to tour the … Continue reading →

After many attempts at trying to upload the travelblog, I have come to learn that China has opted to restrict some internet sites such as Facebook etc. It looks as if I will be delayed in posting any of our … Continue reading →

We have just a few short hours in our only stop in Thailand….Pattaya! Here are a few quick looks at the faces of the people and the contrast to the immaculate city life of Singapore: Lots of shrines for worship…..plus … Continue reading →

It was great to see our ship the Rickmers Shanghai, after a warm return welcome, we are off for the Asian leg of the journey! It was so good to learn that the ship’s passage through the Suez Canal and … Continue reading →