Living the transatlantic axis in the footsteps of Christopher Columbus, disconnecting from everyday life, far from the Internet and the mobile phone, traveling green, realizing an old dream, seeing the curvature of the earth... If the motivations of the 25 backpackers aged 22 to 74 years told in "Voyaging en Cargo" are different, all claim the same "praise for slowness and silence that have become a luxury product". Living at a different pace, and above all coming face to face with yourself, is indeed the main benefit of a cruise aboard these freighters loaded with containers which also take a few passengers on board, and what we drop the moorings for a week or four months. A way of traveling against the tide that is gaining more and more followers every year. Alternating testimonies and historical files on the great explorers, maritime routes, products brought back from the Orient and America… “Traveling by cargo ship” takes us in the wake of the most beautiful maritime routes traced over the centuries. With a complete practical guide to prepare your trip well (choose your itinerary, your boat, compose your ideal suitcase, etc.), the different types of cargo ships, the main companies, the top 10 routes at sea...
"Travelling in Cargo, 25 portraits of backpackers", by Françoise de Tailly, founder of Mer et Voyages, the only French agency specializing in travel on board cargo ships, and Mathilde Giard, journalist specializing in travel, Editions de la Martinière, 31 €.
