Mercure Aden
Khormakser-Aden Aden, 70302, Yemen
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On the ship, cruising, and have a full day agenda
We're in a tiny shop in Jordan using their internet. The ship's has not
been working so we've delayed sending anything for several days. We've
had 4 great days at sea. Yesterday we went from breakfast to bridge
lesson. Directly from there to the pool deck where they ran a carnival
of all sorts of games for an hour. Each game produced a raffle ticket
and they had a drawing at the close. We had great fun, but no prizes. I think almost the ...
The Guantlet
The gauntlet is the nickname for the Gulf of Admen that is located between Oman and Somalia on the land side, and the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea on the water side. This is an area of the world that is at high risk for piracy. Last December the Nautilus was attacked by pirates. The Nautilus which is a sister ship to the Tahitian Princess but not a Princess ship, outran the pirates. This area is being patrolled by warships from many countries including ...
Gulf of Aden
Monday 1 December Off Aden (at noon) N 12° 34.2' E 45° 30.6' A really beautiful morning. The sun was up behind us when I looked out, but you couldn't see the horizon yet, ahead. The sea was almost flat, and glassy. A few ships were visible, appearing to float in the sky as much as on the sea. When I did my walk after breakfast, having found an open route to the deck at the ...
A trip to the beach
Yesterday was a day off because it's exam week and it was "study day" for the students. So my friends, T, Mandy, Jenny, Whitney, Luka, and I decided to go to the beach. We left later in the afternoon than we normally do because we got a late start. When we got on the boat, the guys told us that they might not be able to take us to the beach that we normally go to because the waves were too high. We looked at the water and it ...
The adventures of daily life in Yemen
Just the daily things in Yemen make life fun and exciting. For example, doing laundry is a weekly adventure. Here is how to do it: First, you load the washer with water by filling up a bucket and dumping water into the washer. While you are doing that, you can also fill it with the "butt hose". The "butt hose" ...
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