# Cheap long-term getaway **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795 "2023-09-08T18:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795/21 "2023-09-10T15:38:22Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > donno how involved steering those boats is (is it a full time “job”?) … as those tours are normally booked by multiple persons - families and groups of friends If the boat is moving, someone is actively driving. If you’re alone or a couple, it’s you. We used ours more like an RV or camper. Drive a couple hours in the late morning seeing the sights, then find a suitable place to beach or anchor, then shut down for an afternoon, evening, overnight, and lazy morning of recreating and eating and … in that one spot. Then tomorrow move again (or not) as the mood strikes. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795/22 "2023-09-10T16:10:30Z")
yes, i thing the whole house-boat comes with an intrinsic deceleration vibe … at least that’s how I’d do it … trucker along for a bit, drop the anker in a nice place hang out ther … putter on … if at the end of a month i’d seen 6km worth of nothing - so be it … a bit of “anti-loudness, anti-IG” … ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795/23 "2023-09-10T17:13:35Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > a bit of “anti-loudness, anti-IG” Exactly. I called it leaving the World. No internet, no phone, no nuthin’. Sky, water, desert, boat, food, drink, wife, me. Period. The fact the terrain there very much resembles that in the opening scenes of the original _Planet of The Apes_ when the US spacecraft crash-lands in what they think of as a completely uninhabited planet, but is really future human-civilizationless Earth makes the effect more poignant for me. I saw that movie first run when I was 10. It was probably the first serious SciFi movie I’d ever seen. It made a strong impression. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795/24 "2023-09-11T22:47:00Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > yes, i thing the whole house-boat comes with an intrinsic deceleration vibe … > > at least that’s how I’d do it … trucker along for a bit, drop the anker in a nice place hang out ther … putter on … There are rivers where you can do that, and if you’re pointed downstream, you’d rarely use the motor. The Wisconsin River is like that, with hundreds of small islands (basically grassy or wooded sandbars). And we spent nine days on the Mississippi, on a large raft that we built. We only needed the motor if we wanted to head for a riverfront town for supplies, and to navigate through the locks (surrounded by huge barges… after the first time, it was an adventure). We could’ve slept on the raft, but it was more comfortable to pitch a tent on sandy soil, make a campfire and grill some steak or fish… and s’mores, of course. . > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Another vote for Mexico City. Very affordable, great food, and a whole lot to do just a subway ride away… I spent a whole day in the Education Ministry building courtyard looking at the 200 Diego Rivera murals there for free. I never left the subway stations\*, and I saw so much wonderful art there. Each one was like a museum. \*Okay, I did leave eventually. By the way, I was on my own, late at night, exploring all over the city while feeling perfectly safe. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795/25 "2023-09-12T03:07:38Z")
Croatia. I would suggest Korčula, it’s a perfect place to decompress. You’ll do fine with English only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-long-term-getaway/989795.md?page=1)