SATURDAY 16th JUNE 2012.
On leaving Aqaba we had a day and nights sailing in smooth seas in the
Gulf of Suez before reaching the entrance to
the Suez Canal at Port Tawfiq and the city of Suez. The day again was
extremely hot and hazy.
We started the transit of the
canal at 5-30am with a full days sailing to exit the canal. We were in a conger
line of 18 ships with the Sun Princess at the front of the line. What a magic
waterway this is, approx 100ks long, 300 metres wide and 20 metres deep
underneath the keel. The canal can take shipping up to 150,000 tons and it
costs the Sun Princess $700,000 to transit the canal.
On the eastern side of the canal is the stark Sinai Desert as far as
you can see, whilst on the western side is Egypt with a 2 ks wide green
landscape and housing developments before you enter the desert.
After nearly a full days sailing we exited the Canal at about 3-30pm
and turned west for our next port of Alexandria tomorrow
We are still enjoying the cruise with 60 plus days to go.
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