Well, this morning I received a note from my contact at the ferry company in Odessa:
From: VLADLEN [mailto:wave_vyt@mail.ru]
Sent: Mon 11/23/2009 1:34 AM
To: Max Johnson
Subject: Re: Help!
DEAR MR.MAX,
THE SITUATION WITH M/V “GREIFSWALD”:
1/.DELAY BECAUSE OF …
Tension on board the MS Griefswald mounting, and I would not entirely rule out the possibility of mutiny.
Now don’t get me wrong; the hours pass on board The MS Griefswald at precisely the same rate as they do elsewhere, and I don’t begrudge the UKR Ferry Company the additional eighty or so hours of my life that …
The problem seems to be that of small ports and big ships.
It is Friday afternoon, and we have been advised that we can’t land today because there is a large gas tanker blocking our path to the single …
At the rate that we are travelling, we may never arrive, although I am led to believe that we will be there within four or five hours. I am not sure that I will be too disappointed to see the …
Ah, the miracles of modern technology; the internet on the high seas.
It is now officially time to roll. I have my ticket in hand, the weather forecast is good and today was a simply gorgeous fall day here on the Black Sea coast.
Which was a good thing, because I was …
Odessa is a great place; in small doses, or possibly large ones in the summer, I would imagine. It is vibrant, down at heel, slightly seedy with great architecture and a fantastic variety of restaurants. It has the curious feel …
I like travelling, and in particular enjoy journeys. I like to start a trip in one place, travel by public transportation and end up in another, and the fascinating ferry company, UKR Ferry came to my attention; in particular, their …
The Georgian coastlineWe are in a very strange position. Lying idle in the eastern end of the Black Sea, from the 
Loading the GriefswaldWe slipped almost silently away from the dock in Illychevsk at about midnight, some fifteen hours after I had been urged to be at the