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Yes, there is. However, information on internet is quite poor, therefore I describe my own experiences here.
On 21 December 2012, I travelled from Gran Canaria airport via Las Palmas, Agaete, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Los Cristianos to Santa Cruz de La Palma. The ferry company Fred Olsen operates many ferry-bus connections. I will describe my experiences ...
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Transeuropaferries often offers very interesting offers from Ostend to Ramsgate. Unfortunately they don't allow boarding on foot.
A different solution would be to use Eurolines, you only need to board further away from Calais or Dover I just checked, a one way ticket from Brussels to London on June 20th is as cheap as 4 Eur one way. Don't board the bus in ...
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Some crossings that are longer than 1000 km, as the crow flies:
Travemünde–Helsinki: 1095 km
Cadiz–La Palma: 1382 km
Hirsthals–Seyðisfjörður: 1504 km
Alaska Marine Highway has some long routes: Selgovia–Dutch Harbor (1096 km), Bellingham–Skagway (1451 km). But nothing beats Bellingham–Homer with 2219 km. Question is if this is still a ferry considering it ...
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The best option would be if you could get a ride from someone at the conference, but as you mention a few drinks after I'm not sure if there will be someone willing to drive.
Other options to get from the Maassilo to the Europoort P&O ferry terminal are quite limited. The only regular public transport that goes directly where you want to go is the bus ...
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Comparing aeroplanes and trains shows that aeroplanes are very much the least ecologically friendly mode of transport. As an example from http://www.seat61.com/CO2flights.htm:
A site which has some limited data comparing plane, train and car+ferry gives us the following data, but I would assume that the car emissions skew the numbers somewhat, which leads ...
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It is indeed difficult to find information about this if you can't read Japanese or Korean. Most ferries are passengers only.
I ended up asking a friend in Japan:
There is at least one car ferry between Busan (Korea) and Fukuoka (Japan) run by KoreaFerry. The information I got says that the cheapest room category is included in the car price, but for the ...
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You can check public transport on site http://trojmiasto.jakdojade.pl/?locale=en I made a direct link to your connection; you can change the time, date and places of start and end (by right-click). It's very important wheter your journey will be at weekend or on a workday. At workdays buses and trams runs more often.
Anyway, I think that in your case a taxi ...
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I think you found most of the available information about this itinerary. A few things could be added to your research though.
Let's start with the Québec part.
The tourism website for North Shore of the St Lawrence and Relais Nordik indicate that the M/V Nordik Express has many stops on its way. Starting from Rimouski, on the South Shore of St Lawrence, ...
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To get from the Gdańsk ferry terminal to the Gdańsk central railway station (Gdańsk Główny) in less than an hour, the only safe way is by taxi. As of November 2012, the ferry from Nynäshamn arrives at 13:00 and the train to Kraków departs at 13:53. For other trains there may be more time; this answer relates to the mentioned times.
There is a taxi queue in ...
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To travel between Bodrum and Datça by bus, you will need to transfer in Marmaris.
If you can't find direct service between Bodrum and Marmaris, you can always transfer in Muğla, which is the provincial capital and a stopping point for long-distance buses travelling from north western Turkey to the western Mediterranean. If you can find an intercity bus for ...
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Oslo is not really a good starting point for visiting the fjords. I assume you are thinking about the deeper fjords?
Some alternatives:
Hire a car in the northern parts of Norway (Nordland) and follow
Kystriksveien. This will take you along the coast crossing
several fjords.
Fly to Bergen and take one of the nordled ferries or express
boats to one of ...
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The ferries between Koh Kong and Sihanoukville ended a few years ago, and the service seems unlikely to return. Between the paving of the southern road, the rise in fuel prices, and the fall in foreign tourism it is no longer economically feasible, and despite the election of the Shinawatra government, tensions between the two countries are high due to ...
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It's possible, but you would have to charter your own speedboat, which would be stupidly expensive: quotes on the net vary from 8000 baht for a privately negotiated transfer to 15000 baht (!) to getting the Holiday Inn to pick you up in their own boat. Staying another night and taking the ferry across the next day will thus almost certainly be cheaper.
In ...
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There are some but they all cover short distances, often only within 1 country as you have seen.
The ones I've found...
Bahamas Ferries has car services from the Nassau to Andros, Eleuthera, Exumas and Abacos
One from Punta Sam to Isla Mujeres in Mexico
Apparently an international one from La Guiria in Venezuela to Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago ...
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Well one reason why this is not in the rail booking system is probably due to the very few scheduled ferries between Ireland and Isle of Man.
According to Steam Packet Company, there are 2 round-trip possible in the next 6 months, around Christmas.
Bahn.de/OBB do not give any schedule after December 8, 2012 so it would not be included. RailEasy just gives ...
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Hovertravel operates hovercraft from Southsea, Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight. One of the types of hovercraft they are using is BHC AP1-88, which has 50 knots (93km/h) top speed.
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There are no "ferries" that travel the route. Ferries are not available for this distance since the minimum distance (bee line) from Hong Kong to Vietnam is 600+ kilometers. You would rather get on board a cruise ship.
Here are some cruises departing from various places in Vietnam, this one here for example going from Singapore via Vietnam to Hong Kong.
As ...
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Ferry bookings work in the same way as flight tickets these days, the actual fare depends on the date and time of the booking, and changes in time.
To check the fare that is of interest you need to go to the ferry company website, e.g. Stena Line, enter the dates, press continue booking, enter the number of passengers and the size of the car, and then you ...
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If your preferred option does not work out, you could always try Eurolines Coaches, which depart to many European Countries including Ireland from Victoria Coach Station, London.
More info:
http://www.eurolines.co.uk/destinations/ireland
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From Wikitravel:
There are no regular ferries or boats to Cuba from foreign ports,
although some cruise liners do visit. Yachters are expected to anchor
at the public marinas. Most ports are closed and tourists are not
permitted to walk around them. Private vessels may enter at Marina
Hemingway in Havana or Marina Acua in Varadero. There are no ...
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If you'd prefer to get a train, the cheapest option is generally a "Rail & Sail" ticket: http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/rail-and-sail/
In fact, it's usually cheaper than paying for a car on the ferry (and that's excluding the cost of fuel to get from London to Holyhead).
As well as being cheaper, you also have the peace of mind that if there are any ...
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Well, it's not yet a full answer, but it's a start.
The ferry leaves Mersin once a week. But... as I write this (October 16, 2012), after having spoken to Anrusstrans, the ferry has not run for the 'past month' and will not run for 'at least another month'.
(I might have an opportunity to try them again in April 2013. Any updates in the meantime are most ...
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It's been a while since I used a cross-channel ferry service, but my memory is that they don't keep track of who boards when it comes to foot passengers. So they essentially have no way of telling whether you used the return part of your journey or not. Of course they may be a little more technologically advanced now. Even if they did they have no way of ...
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I remember that back in the day, some high speed boats were used to go from France to Corsica. I could find some archives about these boats{french} (now they are too expensive to run because of oil prices).
So it says that Nice-Calvi took 2h45 at a speed of 37 knots (70 km/h). Using Google Maps, the distance of current route is 208 km (which would mean the ...
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visitkorea.or.kr has some information on routes and prices to Jeju.
The cheapest rates they quote are KRW 30,000 for Mokpo-Jeju and KRW 26,250 for Wando-Jeju.
So yes, Wando seems to be the cheapest option.
However, I travelled the Mokpo route in summer 2011. Back then my hostel host was able to get me a free shuttle bus from Gwangju to Mokpo.
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I found this website helpful in actually producing fare prices:
http://www.aferry.com/timetable/WandoChujaHanilExpress.htm
I found that I could do a return sailing for 50 euros. If you look around the site you can try other operators.
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Indeed! What SigueSigueBen said.
If you cant find a direct bus to Marmaris then just go for Mugla. From Mugla you will find a bus to Marmaris all day long. When you are inMmarmaris there will be minibuses to Datca. But I think the ferry will be available in September too. If the weather isn't bad they will be available.
When you arrive in Datca, be sure ...
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Yes, this boat appears to take passengers, and seems quite luxurious!
Have a look at this page for information and details on how to book: http://en.fleet.msco.ru/passenger/polaris/#2
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The Ekranoplan is probably the fastest ferry, managing well over 400 knots. http://www.travelcentre.com.au/travel/airshows/Russian/russia_ekranoplan.htm
I am not sure whether they have them as scheduled ferry trips any more or whether they are charter trips, but what a stupendous craft!
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