Sheraton Djibouti Hotel
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The Gulf of Aden - my other gun's a Kalashnikov!!
This is our 4th day at sea. Rather than give a day-by-day account of our activity, which would be rather repetitive (i.e. got up, had breakfast, laid out in the sun for a bit, came indoors, had some dinner etc… I'm sure you get the picture), I will just outline some of the highlights and observations of 'goings on’ whilst we head ever closer to our next stop - Salalah in Oman.
Whilst walking on the promenade deck 6, past our muster ...
Poverty to the Extreme
Can you imagine waiting on the side of a warship just to pull in to one of the first countries you've ever been to, but at five miles away you can already smell camel dung? I don't need to imagine, because that's exactly what it was.
At first, it was understandable because there were camel farms all around the coast by where we were. But when you ride the bus over to the Army base and you happen to see wild camels and people living in open fields and hanging ...
Djibouti
Je suis sauvé tous les hôtels sont climatisés. Normal vu leur prix :35 euros pour l'hôtel le moins cher. Djibouti, c'est surtout des bases militaires (française, américaine et allemande (contre les pirates somaliens)), quelques bâtiments coloniaux et surtout un port qui ravitaille l'Éthiopie.
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Coup de chaleur à 8H du matin
... la France a colonisé ce bout de désert, ils auraient pu choisir un endroit plus agréable à vivre. (mais j'avoue que la position de Djibouti est tellement stratégique).
Heureusement, les français sont aimées là-bas, donc pas de problème ici.
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Cruising down the Suez Canal
13 Sept
At 6am this morning we were cruising down the canal with just sand either side and by 7-30 we were in the Great Bitter Lakes awaiting the north bound ships to pass so we could carry on going south, there were around 50 ships of all shapes ans sizes milling around waiting to go north or south, the weather is very hot so passengers are just swimming & sunbathing waiting for their seafood lunch. The Capt told us we were due to leave the lake at ...