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May 6, 2012, Suez Canal, Egypt - Day 25
... scenery (mostly sand) but land rather than water as we sailed through the canal. There was not much to see. The scenery was mostly just desert and more desert with tankers ships ahead and tanker ships following. No comparison in scenery to the Panama Canal.
"The Senior Cruiser lovingly adds sunscreen to the Junior Cruisers skin and says if you would have used this years ago, it would not be ...
Suez Canal, Egypt
... 9 a.m. to witness the lakes crossing did not happen. I was so tired and kept falling back asleep, finally waking up at 11:17. The captain had come on the intercom at 9:45 to advise that we are presently fifth in a southbound convoy and should be exiting the canal about 1 p.m. I figured I’d watch the last two hours or so.
I went downstairs to the helipad on Deck 5 to sit in the blazing sun as we cruised along this narrow waterway artificially dug ...
In Sokhna
... after successfully reclaiming my camera from him. I thought he was going to do a runner.
The touts are better controlled around the Sphinx. The tour guide had told us how to handle them; how to go about bargaining, not to make eye contact with the salesman if you did not want to purchase, and what to expect to pay for the souvenirs. She even offered to buy the souvenirs for us if we told her what we wanted.
One camel owner asked me, in ...
Suez Canal
... The Suez Canal was trenched through Egypt, with no locks, just a long water corridor that connects the Red Sea to the south, to the Mediterranean Sea to the north. Cairo is to the west and the Sinai Peninsula to the east. The Suez Canal provides direct passage to India and China along the northern boarders of Africa. It also connects Egypt to Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
During the day I received a thank you note from ...
Port Said / Suez Canal
... there were sentry posts all along the canal which ranged from a very lonely and forlorn looking tent on a remote sand dune, through to small solidly built buildings that also were remote and very basic. There were even more frequent single person sentry boxes, made out of something solid but with just enough room for somebody to stand up or lie down. There was no furniture inside, not even a chair. Open on one side (towards the canal) they had a roof but no other facilities ...
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