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| Typical view of the Egyptian
coastline through the Red Sea haze. |
Typical view of the stern of
Heartsong III after its daily coating of sand. |
The Sinai, from the Gulf of
Suez. |
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| Coast near El Qseir. |
At Abu Tig Marina
near Hurghada, we enjoyed the company of Egyptians on boats near ours --
particularly Mohammed and Amr. |
Sightseeing Ancient Egypt
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| On our Nile
cruise, we got to meet one of the original workmen in the discovery of
King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. |
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| Our excellent
Egyptologist, Hesham, made sure we saw the highlights of every location. |
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| One of the many colorful
murals on a tomb wall in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor. |
You can get anything you want
at . . . |
Huge statue of Ramses the
Great at Memphis. |
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| After shopping in
many suqs, we dress up in our purchases for a celebration of Egyptian
civilization with good friends Janet and James of Nighthawk. |
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| Giza. |
The Suez Canal
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| After tortuous
negotiations with our agent in Port Suez, and after waiting for several
military convoys to pass through, we finally embark on Day One of the Suez
Canal transit. |
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| Halfway
through the Canal we stopped (as yachts must) in Ismailia, where we joined
local residents to shop at the local bakery and market. |
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| At the Ismailia
Yacht Club, yachts eagerly await the start of Day Two of the Canal
transit, which for us brought calm weather and a good pilot. The
Suez Canal looks exactly like that scene in Laurence of Arabia where
he comes upon it after crossing the Sinai Desert. |
Voyage of Heartsong III