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Port Said (from the starboard side!!)

A travel blog entry by chris-roisin

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What a difference a day makes! Yesterday dark clouds, today brilliant sunshine! We have now left Crete well behind. It's like we have entered another dimension. Everybody is walking around with smiles on their faces. Not only is there plenty of sun to go around but also there are ample sun beds. It gets better because they are completely free!!!

Our route seems to be taking us through a busy shipping lane. I can’t understand why, when there is so much ocean to choose ...

Cruising the Suez Canal

A travel blog entry by globalpudsey

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I met some more new friends today when Lynn, Jim and I were invited by Hank and Kay to visit their cabin, which was on the stern of the ship, to see the Suez Canal.

The Suez Canal is known by the nickname "The Highway to India", it is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction ...

Ab durch die Mitte

A travel blog entry by nicola.krause

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... zu kalt zum Sonnen, aber auch das Rausgucken ist spannend, wie wir so langsam durch die ägyptische Wüste tuckern. Nachmittags gehen wir zu Dennis, dem Barkeeper, aber keine Donuts sind für uns hinterlegt! Mit Dennis ist es trotzdem lustig. Dann powern wir uns beim Sport richtig aus, gehen gemütlich zum Abendessen, und dann auf die Poolparty, aber da ist es so kalt, dass wir keine zehn Minuten bleiben. Morgen früh sind wir schon in Israel, also gehen wir früh schlafen.
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Visit to Cairo and the Giza Pyramids

A travel blog entry by 2gs_worldtour

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... the Suez Canal following Arcadia's transit throughout the day. We interupted this journey with a visit to the Papyrus Institute where we witnessed the process of paper making from reeds, an art invented by the Ancient Egyptians.

Arriving at Port Said we again ran a gaunlet of street vendors and market stalls before embarking.

All very exciting and another exceptional day!! ...

At last

A travel blog entry by dshewbridge

... to surprise us..the amount of builtings and activity.
Next we saw several aircraft hangers that had been abandoned. we saw a huge dredging barge with miles of large hoses spread out behind. At 8:45 we could see a large convoy of ships, anchored, waiting to go southbound after we passed. At 9:45 we left the Great Bitter Lake entering the usual narrow canal area..with the usual military towers ( they would wave to us!!!!). At 10:25 ...

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