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Transitting the Suez Canal
... to stay with the rest of the convoy in the lake until the north bound traffic passed by. Then the ship can continue to proceed through the remainder of the canal, exiting around 6pm.
Pilots are required for this transit, but they do not take control of the ship (as with the Panama Canal), the Captain has control of the ship the entire time. As ...
A Day at Sea
Today was an unplanned sea day, staying away from Egypt for Friday. We slept later than normal and called room service when we woke up and we had our coffee in about 10 minutes. This was a good day to take advantage of everything the ship has to offer. That morning I attended one of their enrichment lectures and this one was on "The ...
1027. A Refreshing Change (Egy 023)
Day 014: 7 hours, 12.4 kms
Next morning I take a long hike south through the city until I finally reach the mini-bus station for buses to Ismailia. I'm soon on a bus speeding down the highway along the canal to this next city, about halfway down the Suez.
Ismailia continues to have that open, spacious feel of Port Said, with a large green area right outside the bus station and ...
1026. Crossing the Suez (Egy 022)
... supposed to be another branch of the Suez Canal up ahead—where there’s probably a lot more ship traffic, so I continue on a bit farther, to a peaceful rocky beach area. Here it seems a lot of Copts come to swim—although there’s a mixed crowd. I can see the other canal way up ahead… but it’s getting late, so I decide to head on back to town, and back across to Port ...
1025. Crossroads of the World (Egy 021)
Day 013: 6 hours, 18.4 kms
As soon as the collective taxi leaves Damyut, the endless green of the Delta ends and the lifeless desert begins. But strangely, it feels refreshing to be out of that place. The filth, the endless monotonous dreary villages, the thieves… getting out of the Delta feels like 50 pounds were lifted off my shoulders. Now it's just uninhabited desert and Mediterranean shoreline for as far as the eye can see.
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