thoughts: cruises?

[anotheranon]

Ran across a site for Goth Cruises in one of my communities. Interesting, I suppose, but isn't there a hazard of tanning? It reminded me of Geek Cruises, which surprisingly is still in business, given the economy (Note they do have a section on "Convincing the Boss").

My own thoughts: I don't really know. I've never been on a cruise but I have to be honest and say the idea has never really appealed to me. I suspect I'd feel rather trapped on a boat that I can't stop exactly when I want it to. I'm also not terribly keen on having to pack in ALL my "touristing" on the limited days of shore leave - I like to take my time, wander the streets, etc.

I've also never been a huge advocate of laying in the sun for a week - weekends at the beach are nice, but after a few days I want something other than sand/surf. A book, a museum, a trip to some historic site.

I think a cruise would have to have some really great "shore" locations to appeal to me. Going down the Nile and stopping at the Valley of the Kings, the Giza plateau, etc. would be cool. So would, say, a trip in the Caribbean stopping at all the famous pirate lairs (who cares about shopping?) Yeah, it always comes back to history for me.....

Is there such a creature as "History Cruises"?

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Ye$. Fund$ are mo$t definitely an i$$ue. Well, we will just have to dream for now and maybe think about it for sometime in the future.

Sheesh - ya know, if we lived closer to each other this would be a lot easier!

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Now that I'm living in a city with an international airport, flying is a tad cheaper for me. And I'd be happy to meet in the smallest backwater and stay in a Super-8 ... the important thing is being in the company of wonderful people. :-)))))

And sometimes backwaters have the quirkiest and most fascinating little local museums. ;-)