Peace Boat ship leaves Yokohama for Asia, Oceania tour

wouldn't it make more sense to sail to the US, Russia, China, Europe and Israel with a call into India and Pakistan on the way home? North Korea is really close as well.

Watched it leave port yesterday with jealously as I was starting back at work the next day. Wishing I was young and hadn't had my wings clipped an all.

Good luck all you rich kids (it's not cheap) have fun and learn something about the world you live in before you join the rat race.

I’ve talked to several people who rode the peace boat as passengers, and one who was a volunteer staff member.

Some of the things that stood out in their account were:

• A barely seaworthy vessel that sometimes gets stranded at sea for engine repairs.

• Inexperienced migrant labor crew

• Frequent delays in schedule due to mechanical and management issues, leaving little or no time to disembark at scheduled ports.

• Communist propaganda being taught at on board lectures that passengers are pressured into attending by overly aggressive volunteer staff.

• Strange cult-like rituals such as the “Article 9 circle dance.”

• Sub standard food preparation resulting in food poisoning and diarrhea.

• Lack of concern for passenger dignity or privacy. When a female passenger complained of unwanted sexual advances from a male passenger in her shared room, the staff did nothing and she had to complete the journey in the same room.

http://uranoura.army.jp/2016/12/14/%e3%83%94%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9c%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%e3%81%ae%e6%b4%97%e8%84%b3%e3%82%92%e4%bd%93%e9%a8%93%ef%bd%9c%e5%ae%9f%e6%85%8b%e3%81%af%ef%bc%9f/

Idea is great. Agree with @Simon, but, for the price of one person, you can feed a family in Yemen or Syria for a couple of years and give them money to start up their own business.