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Ashley222
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 Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:15 am Post subject: Best Way to Get to Russia by boat |
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| Hello, my friends and I are traveling to Russia for the first time in May! We would like to take a boat from Seattle to Russia and ride the train across sibera, however we are having alot of trouble finding information on getting the boat tickets. If anyone knows the best way to to this please let me know! Thanks so much! |
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danbrew
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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That's a long way. I doubt you'll easily find a scheduled service between Seattle and anywhere in the Russian Far East. Are there even freighters going back and forth? I suppose, but I'd imagine that Japan/Russia is much more realistic from a freight perspective.
Even if you do find a Seattle/Russian Far East route, that's a LONG time on a boat that will likely have zero accomodations that you'd enjoy for more than a few minutes. I took the Alaskan Marine Ferry from near Anchorage to Bellingham a few years ago and it was five days of drudgery (ah, somewhat like that six days I spent on the transsib...!).
You can take the ferry from Fushiki to Vladivostok (or the other way) - visit http://www.bisintour.com/ for more info.
Also, a great place to visit in the Man in Seat 61 - http://www.seat61.com/Trans-Siberian.htm
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justinloe84
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:54 am Post subject: Thanks |
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Hello Danbrew...
Thanks to you for telling us about this way...Actually i am here to know the answer of the question asked by the Ashley,because i have also planned the same trip to Russia from Seattle and the vice-versa....
Justin Loe.
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romdur
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:00 am Post subject: |
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justin,
First, point-to-point long-distance passenger ships have vanished into history. Ocean liners only make cruises (pleasure trips that take the passengers back to the port of embarkation).
So if you want to make a long journey from point A to point B by ship, it must be a freight ship. I don't know authoritatively, but I think (as danbrew wrote) it very unlikely that any ships travel between the USA and Russia's Pacific coast (for practical purposes, the port of Vladivostok). There just isn't a flow of commerce that would make such routes commercially viable.
So if you want to go to Russia by ship, you must first get to another country (preferably Japan), probably make a big land journey to reach a different port, and then ride the passenger ferry (as danbrew posted) to Russia.
This leaves the problem of getting to Japan. It may be a little easier to find ships leaving from Long Beach, California, though there are certainly ships from the Pacific Northwest (Seattle etc.). You can expect to pay around $100 to $150 per day, and the passage may be close to 3 weeks, so this would be much more expensive than getting there by air.
Such a trip would be quite an adventure, and would need plenty of time, preparation and money. |
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kelvinpl80
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| Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:57 am Post subject: travel guide to Russia |
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| I am not sure someone tell me that There are no boats with passenger possibilities from Alaska to Russia. |
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