Port Said, Egypt
The Suez Canal.
After leaving Jordan we headed off down the Gulf of Aqaba and rounded the Horn Of African into the Red Sea again, heading north to The Suez Canal.
I was excited as I'd never been through there before. I was up early, leaving Alan asleep, mouth agape as usual, to see our arrival in Suez. We had cruised slowly but had expected to anchor outside Suez in order to join the first convoy heading north, but we were in good time with no need to wait ...