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Yearly Archives: 2012
Transiting the Suez Canal
The Suez Canal, also known by the nickname “The Highway to India”, is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt,View full post »
Chaotic Cairo
We are back in Egypt today and ready for another long day off of the ship. Almost everyone on the ship is getting offView full post »
A Commanding View of St. Catherine’s Monastery
Today we arrived in Sharm el Sheikh, the “City of Peace”, which is situated on the southern tip of theView full post »
Easter in Petra
Happy Easter everyone! This was one of the most amazing days we’ve had so far on this trip, and that’s saying a lot! View full post »
Temples and Tombs in Luxor
We leave the ship today for an overnight trip to Luxor, Egypt. Our bus joined the group of coaches with a guardedView full post »
Outrunning Pirates in the Gulf of Aden
We are happy to report that we had three straight sea days, which means we caught up on all the things we can’tView full post »
Oh Boy, We’re Still in Oman
As we look forward to the highlight ports of our trip, namely Egypt and Israel, we have one more stop in Oman beforeView full post »
April Fools Day at Sea
Margaret is still feeling under the weather so she decided to rest up again. It turns out there is something goingView full post »
No Love for Muscat
We arrived back in Muscat today. It seems that it should be Groundhog Day but instead it is the day before April FoolsView full post »