Monthly Archives: April 2012

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 »