800 Year old ship - raised out of 65 feet of water

[ketchumid]

Comcast.net News - World - Asia - China Raises 800-Year-Old Sunken Ship

Interesting story - surprising how shallow it was

 

[Fish_Whisperer]

Wow! That's amazing!! Kudos to them for taking what sounds like extraordinary care in handling this.

 

[drbill]

Interesting story and I like the fact they are setting it up so people can watch the recovery of the items on board.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

Cool Link and story. Thanks for posting.

 

[Garrobo]

Always wanted to visit China. I checked up on it and they recommended hooking up with a tourist outfit. I dont want to do that. I'd like to wander around different places with a guide/interpretor. They assured me that that would be fine for a fee and that a gov't dude would be with me all the time so as not to be talking with the wrong people. Wrong people being those who oppose the communist party. Also that I would have to pay this guy's wages, board and feed him while he was along, keeping an eye on the 'subjects'.

 

[ketchumid]

I wonder if that's still true, you may need to hit the real country life there because the cities are wide open. I traveled in Russia 20+ yrs ago when it was still "closed" and it was exciting as I was trading goods blackmarket- but those days are over. China is the most capitalistic country on
the planet in my book.

Good luck though, a lot of adventure awaits in the corners of the globe.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I wonder if the depth is a misprint. A wreck in 65 feet discovered in 1987 would be empty by now.

 

[ketchumid]

I wonder if the depth is a misprint. A wreck in 65 feet discovered in 1987 would be empty by now.

That's the first thing I thought-

 

[mobster75]

hmmm... on second thought...

 

[FoxTrot]

Always wanted to visit China. I checked up on it and they recommended hooking up with a tourist outfit. I dont want to do that. I'd like to wander around different places with a guide/interpretor. They assured me that that would be fine for a fee and that a gov't dude would be with me all the time so as not to be talking with the wrong people. Wrong people being those who oppose the communist party. Also that I would have to pay this guy's wages, board and feed him while he was along, keeping an eye on the 'subjects'.

If you go to China i'd definitely recommend a private tour guide. I had one there in July and he was awesome. Then, after that, take a few days to go around by yourself or wherever the guide does not take you.

-Cliff