All,
Recently I had the opportunity to do something I never expected to do on this deployment …we transited the Suez Canal. It was an unexpected and interesting change in plans. I was lucky enough to be stationed on the Bridge for a third of the transit and since most of the work involved the CO, Canal Pilot and the conning officer, I had very little to do. So, luckily for you all, I took tons of pictures.
This is at about 0700, sunrise over the desert.
One of the bearing shooters while we slowly made our way across the Great Bitter Lake. You can see all the ships in the distance waiting to join our convoy.
Me, very very close to land… a little too close if you ask me.
It is like driving down a narrow one way road…
Beach goers in Ismalia.
The swinging bridge
I left the bridge when we had about 30kms left, pretty sure it looked a lot like this the rest of the way.
By the way, I fly home in 2 weeks from today!!!!
Linda
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Hello All,
I can add a new stop to my list of places I have been. We just left the Seychelles where we spent 5 relaxing days. It would have been one of the top most beautiful places I have been if I had not already seen Palau. Apparently I am spoiled. I am to the point where I am like “If you have seen one tropical paradise, you have seen them all.” It is sick. But, Seychelles is definitely a beautiful place and I did enjoy myself. It is a little quiet and very much aimed at honeymooners, so a ship full of sailors who have been underway for 45 days was a little overwhelming. I think we drank the island out of the local rum.
I did a dive trip the first day I had off. It was a smaller version of the group that went out in Palau. It was a little cold and rainy when we went out, so the visibility was not so great at the first spot. But each one got better. We saw a bunch of different fish and coral than in Palau, so it was very cool. I saw my first eel in nature as well as sharks, giant sting rays, an octopus, dozens of lion fish, puffers, huge Oscars, rock fish, and the most giant sea slugs I have ever seen.
We went on 2 reef dives and one wreck dive. They were very cool, but the highlight was the lunch. Our guide and boat captain drove us to a secluded beach and made us an amazing lunch. It was so nice.
We have a change of plans and a new port visit added to the schedule. I will let you know more when it happens…
I am down to less than 6 weeks left onboard! The count down has begun!
Love you all!Linda
I can add a new stop to my list of places I have been. We just left the Seychelles where we spent 5 relaxing days. It would have been one of the top most beautiful places I have been if I had not already seen Palau. Apparently I am spoiled. I am to the point where I am like “If you have seen one tropical paradise, you have seen them all.” It is sick. But, Seychelles is definitely a beautiful place and I did enjoy myself. It is a little quiet and very much aimed at honeymooners, so a ship full of sailors who have been underway for 45 days was a little overwhelming. I think we drank the island out of the local rum.
I did a dive trip the first day I had off. It was a smaller version of the group that went out in Palau. It was a little cold and rainy when we went out, so the visibility was not so great at the first spot. But each one got better. We saw a bunch of different fish and coral than in Palau, so it was very cool. I saw my first eel in nature as well as sharks, giant sting rays, an octopus, dozens of lion fish, puffers, huge Oscars, rock fish, and the most giant sea slugs I have ever seen.
We went on 2 reef dives and one wreck dive. They were very cool, but the highlight was the lunch. Our guide and boat captain drove us to a secluded beach and made us an amazing lunch. It was so nice.
We have a change of plans and a new port visit added to the schedule. I will let you know more when it happens…
I am down to less than 6 weeks left onboard! The count down has begun!
Love you all!Linda
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