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Suez canal and Beyond
... warship proceeded our entry into the canal. Along its banks are soldiers every 200 hundred metres, in towers or standing guard on shore, all heavily armed.The first 18 miles are man made, then you progress through the Bitter lakes and once again into a canal and river.Through Port Said and into the Mediterranean Sea.
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The Suez Canal
At 6am our convoy of ships heading north set off from Suez, we were 12th of 28 ships. We passed a few small towns and lots of army camps & lookout posts in our 12 hour transit. The soldiers, all carrying large guns, seemed very friendly taking photos of the ship and waving back at the passengers on deck as we went by, although some of them waved their guns in the air, which was a bit worrying. As night fell we reached Port Said and the Mediterranean ...
Suez Canal
... of the canal. The journey through the canal as part of a 15 vessel convoy, was pleasant and sunny but with a chill wind, heralding a change in climate as we approached the Mediterranean Sea.
The journey to Port Said took around 11hours from Port Suez in the south As the day progressed we saw that, here and there, along the route, on the western side of the canal, townships were springing up. No doubt in the fullness of ...
Port Said
... very good. Better than his first performance. We then went up to the Carmen where the band was playing and ballroom dancing going on because Carol & Jeff liked to have a go. Stayed for a couple hours then went to bed. In the cabin I had a delivery of the biggest chocolate covered strawberries ever and bars of different hand-made chocolate. It was midnight but I did manage to eat one of the chocolate ...
Port Said/Cairo
... day to travel thru Egypt. It is in the middle 70s and the sun is shining. There was not a lot of wind blowing so that the weather and the sun formed together and made it a wonderful day. To get into Cairo we will be driven for about three and a half hours on a tour bus. Like our previous tours in Egypt, we were accompanied by an armed, but friendly security guard. We also went thru several security checkpoints on the way into Cario.The time goes by as fast as the ...


