Well last night we picked up speed once again after leaving Aqaba Jordan. Traveling around 16-19 knots instead of the 11 knots to get to the point before entering the Suez Canal. We arrived earlier than planned around 9 ish and now are waiting to get in line. The captain came on the intercom and told us that we are 29th in the convoy that is going north. So here we are anchored and I guess we don't get to go until around 3:30pm. My Dads motto once again "let's hurry to wait". So we are sitting here in the warmth of the sun waiting for the south convoy that are going thru. You never could go in both directions at one time without pulling into the bitter lake. Right now they are doing some major work to build another canal beside this one. This transit will take us 9 hours to go 164 kil or 101 miles. On a sad note as of yesterday we have 4 more weeks to go on this amazing journey.. We have been very blessed with the weather this year. We had 1 day earlier in the cruise that the sky's had opened up and just poured. Sure it's been hot and humid but what else do you expect when you travel around the equator. Some history for you on the Suez Canal. It was also known by the nickname " The Highway to India ". Is a man made sea level waterway in Egypt , connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work. It allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigation around Africa. Also it has no locks. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern is Port Tawfik at the city of Suez. A lot of sea life as well. Thou we did not see any except one jelly.
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