Today is April 18 and we are well over half way through the Red Sea. Yesterday we were talking with a fellow passenger when the subject of “Pirates” came up. She thought that half of the passengers were relieved and half were disappointed. We were in the half that were disappointed, not to the extreme of being hijacked and taken to Somalia, of course, but just for the unusual type of adventure some encounter may have provided and the possibility of some great photos! Speaking of photos, we were on our balcony just as we were leaving the Gulf of Aden and a Canadian military helicopter flew over the ship and then right down our port side. Our cameras were through the closed balcony door and at the other end of the cabin - no photos - we waved to the man in the open door of the helicopter and he waved back.
Heading almost due north now, the temperature is getting cooler, which is half relief and half disappointment. Tomorrow morning we will be docking in Safaga Egypt at 6:00 a.m. The forecast temperature there is 86 degrees. It will be a long day as our trip to The Valley of the Kings is scheduled for 15 hours.
That’s all for now as we need to get things ready for tomorrow - it will be an alarm clock morning.
Note from Sue: I've been having some pain problems for the last couple days and finally asked Jim to get the computer out and type this one.
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Sue - Hi - this is Real Estate Pat from CC and Segment 1 of the World Cruise - got off in Sydney and still missing my cabin and the ship - big time. Thanks for the great blog so I can follow along.
ReplyDeleteHow (details please) are you posting your photos, expecially with the hi cost in internet on the ship....can't imagine what you bill is.
email me: pat@nnwifi.com when you get a minute.
Thanks,
Pat
PS - we signed up for the 11/30 Grand from Rome to FLL - three continent cruise this year....