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DAY 16

Saturday April 6th   At Sea   It was another very busy day at sea. I am beginning to think that I need port days to recover from the exhaustion from sea days.   I am having ongoing issues with my craft project, but it was nothing that a lot of...

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DAY 15

April 5th   At Sea   Well we are certainly in the Mediterranean Sea in spring. We passed through the predicted low-pressure area, and experienced Force 8 winds and heavy seas. Looking outside you could see the angry storm around us, but you would not know...

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DAY 14

April 4th   Limassol, Cyprus   We docked at the new cruise Terminal in Limassol, and were off the ship by just after 8:00 AM. Again, the terminal does not have an elevated walkway, so we had to disembark from deck 1. The terminal itself was very nice,...

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DAY 13

Wednesday April 3rd In the Suez Canal   We had dropped anchor in the Gulf of Suez over night. At about 4:30 this morning we were ready to join the convoy of ships transiting the Suez Cana.   When I woke up soon after sunrise, we were already well into the...

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DAY 12

Tuesday April 2nd   Gulf of Suez   We left the Gulf of Aqaba and rounded the tip of the Sinai Peninsular and are heading into the Gulf of Suez.   I felt that I needed a rest after our energetic day yesterday, but it was not to be. I started a new...

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DAY 11

Monday April 1st   Aqaba. Jordan   Well I did sleep more than a wink last night. We finally ran into some oh so slightly but sufficiently rough weather that I was gently rocked to sleep by the motion. And didn’t wake up until my phone texted me to welcome...

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DAY 10

Sunday March 31st   Still at Sea in the Red Sea   We stopped moving for a while in the middle of the night. I looked outside but didn’t see anything untoward out there. I could think of 3 reasons for stopping. 1. We needed to off load someone of...

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DAY 9

Saturday March 30th   At Sea in the Red Sea   We were awakened in the middle of the night by a text message from our phone company welcoming us to Djibouti and informing us that our current plan does not cover us there. Well I guess we must be quite close...

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DAY 8

Friday March 29th   At Sea   Is this Brexit day or not?   Brian insists on watching an American news program every night when, after sundowners, we are getting ready for dinner. I dislike this program as it gets stuck on one political topic, and you...

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DAY 7

Thursday March 28th   Salalah, Oman   Coming face to face with a camel   Having had a series of very hazy days, it was wonderful to wake up to brilliant sunshine in Salalah. We docked at about 7:00 AM, and while we consumed our room service...

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DAY 6

Wednesday March 27th   Wow the schedule is jam packed again! The first lecture we went to was the best so far. It was by an engineer called John Laverick on “Reliving the Excitement of Travel on Cunard’s First Liner” and it involved footage of the Waverley. I...

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DAY 5

Tuesday March 26th   Pirate Preparedness Day   My initial task for the morning was to go to the Pursers’ Desk in order to request a new key card. Somehow mine had become misplaced during the sail away. Now I usually do have to have the cards replaced...

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