The Last Word

Chat, flirt, be sexy: a guide to stowing away on a cruise ship

The secret is to hide in plain sight, says a famous journalist who once hitched a free ride to the Caribbean

24 November 2019 - 12:00 By and darrel bristow-bovey

I was on a ship this month and one night after dinner I spotted someone acting suspiciously, lurking in the dark corners of the promenade deck in the drizzly North Atlantic night, seeming to avoid the light. "I wonder, " I said, "if he's a stowaway."..

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