We spent a day cruising through the Suez Canal, which is now
Egypt’s #1 source of revenue after tourism took a dive with the revolution. It was definitely an experience. How crazy are canals? And Egypt has a monopoly with trading between
Eastern US/Europe and Asia. I think (and
this was hear say on the ship) that it is $1 million per boat (big boat/shipping boat) to go through the
canal. Crazy talk!
It was super smooth sailing through the canal
as I am guessing that you don’t want to go fast and/or are restricted to a certain
speed limit. We went pretty slow and
there is not enough room to pass unless you are a little ship so not a lot of waves or action.
The cool thing for me was we sat
on our balcony most of the day and I took pictures of the military men on the
banks. Most of them were really happy to
see us…some of them danced, some ran to the tops of the hills to whistle and
wave to get our attention, and some didn't acknowledge our passing. What a boring job! Most had huge guns around their necks and
across their chest. It was so bizarre to
see these men decked out in their military uniforms in the desert heat without
protection or AC. It was super
hot!! We were in the shade and still had
to come inside to escape the heat. All
in all the Suez Canal was cool and I am glad we were able to experience it.
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