I subscribe to a multitude of travel related email lists. You heard me mention Travelzoo a few times already. The post comes from a recent email I received from Vacations To Go, a great web site that has some amazing package deals. I love the style that this email is written in, it usually includes some personal account or cruise journal, along with information about cruise ships, various cruise itineraries and of course the deals.
This week's email details the experiences of a traveler aboard the Seabourn Spirit as it was being attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Here is a piece of the story,
This week's email details the experiences of a traveler aboard the Seabourn Spirit as it was being attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Here is a piece of the story,
"Suddenly, sleeping passengers are jarred awake by a loud ping-ping-ping across the side of the ship. Within moments the Captain announces the unthinkable - the ship is under attack by armed men in speedboats, stay in your cabins, do not venture on deck, this is not a drill.
For 15 minutes, the eight-deck, 440-foot-long luxury ship with 151 passengers and 160 crew members takes fire from 8-10 armed thugs in two tiny boats. Machine gun bullets and at least two rocket-powered grenades strike the ship."
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