







Ship Fever n. See Typhus (ty phus) alt.* strong irrational desire for adventure, travel. This blog is a documentation of various low budget explorations, culinary adventures, and the occasional net one might find themselves cast within whilst attempting to avoid the allure of a conveniently placed tall ship passing by. *definition most likely not found in published dictionaries. cited, to date, only once in a rare ne'er to be published documentation known as the author's journal.
"Wealthy hunters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.
When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, reports Wirtschaftsblatt.
Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops.
The yachts travel from Djibouti in Somalia to Mombasa in Kenya.
The ships deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of just five nautical miles in an attempt to attract the interest of pirates.
"They are worse than the pirates," said Russian yachtsman Vladimir Mironov. "At least the pirates have the decency to take hostages, these people are just paying to commit murder," he continued."