Freighter Passage Califonia to Asia and Back |
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| Author:
| Kievit, J. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4904-0730-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.99 |
Book Description:
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An invitation to visit a friend teaching English in Shanghai, PRC. A fear of flying. How could a southern woman in her sixties manage this journey alone? Ruling out airplanes,she chose to board a German freighter as the only woman and only passenger. On thissometimes amusing, always informative and thought-provoking trip, she experienced theuncertainties and excitement of solitary travel. From the roll and pitch of a freighter on thePacific, to tea aboard a boat on the Huangpu River in...
More DescriptionAn invitation to visit a friend teaching English in Shanghai, PRC. A fear of flying. How could a southern woman in her sixties manage this journey alone? Ruling out airplanes,she chose to board a German freighter as the only woman and only passenger. On thissometimes amusing, always informative and thought-provoking trip, she experienced theuncertainties and excitement of solitary travel. From the roll and pitch of a freighter on thePacific, to tea aboard a boat on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, to singing Country Roads withthe freighter's crew on route from Singapore to Taiwan, it was an extraordinary time.