Friday 5th May
My heart sinks just a little each time I switch on my laptop and the small computer symbols at the bottom show no wireless connection network available. How could there be…we are at anchor off Suez, where the Red Sea meets the southern end of the Suez Canal? Ah well, dream on!
We got here in Suez at 4pm on Thursday evening. We had completely forgotten that the offices would all be closed for the next two days being Friday and Saturday. We’ve only been in Egypt for 6 months!
There are 14 yachts here, all waiting to go through. There’s a bottle neck because many US Navy ships are transiting and no yachts are allowed to travel when they do. Ush set his alarm clock for 6am when a US aircraft carrier went through the canal, passing about 200 metres from Kari. A submarine is scheduled to pass through soon but Ush might need his scuba gear for that.
We met up with a lovely English/Australian family with 3 kids who left Darwin on the boat last July. Wow! Inspirational or what! They are really relaxed and easy going and their kids have wonderful red hair and freckles. Our kids all played on the beach yesterday and sailing the oppie. Great to see them all just having such fun. I watched from the boat where I had a few hours to myself..heaven!
The evening we got here, I went off into the town of Suez on my own to find an internet café and just explore in general. Last time I was here, I was really quick apprehensive about going off on my own and got Kalkan and Ush to escort me. This time after a few months in Egypt I am just excited about exploring. I feel like a different woman to the one who came here six months ago…and I want to hang onto that feeling! Suez is a lovely relaxed type town. Have been out and about again today and zero hassle. No one even asks where you come from! Lovely to walk around feeling anonymous which of course you are not. But you feel you merge more when no one pays you any hassly attention.
