Big WARNING sign here: if you want to have a life-time experience of living on a boat, Petra’s barge could be your choice. However, bear in mind that there are two great drawbacks, which you must take into consideration, before your decision is made. First, there are great amount of spiders surrounding the exterior of the boat, leaving spider webs everywhere. Although Petra did her best to keep the interior part spider free, these creatures would start trickling in, even if you just leave a window slightly open. I am not sure if it is seasonal in June/July, but I saw the spiders are everywhere in all boats parked near-by, and they are almost impossible to be cleaned up. Second, inside the barge it would be very hot starting early afternoon until 10pm-ish, thanks to the direct sunlight from the top. This is quite unbearable in June/July, although it might be better in other seasons. I wished that Petra could have communicated these drawbacks better in the descriptions.