Random thoughts from the sea
Days 86-90, 2025 European Odyssey Monday to Friday, Sept. 22-26, 2025; Valletta, Malta, and Alexandria, Egypt. I’m not sure I can say I went to Egypt on this cruise. Yes, we had an overnight call in Alexandria, where more than 1,700 passengers lined up before sunrise for Holland America excursions.
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Day 102, 2025 Grand World Voyage Wednesday, April 16, 2025; Alexandria, Egypt. I’ve been to Alexandria, Egypt, twice before, both times making the three-hour bus trip to Cairo and Giza, where I stayed overnight. Today, the Zuiderdam is only here for one long day (6 a.m. until almost midnight), but
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Suez Canal, Egypt; May 11, 2013 FEB. 12, 2021, DALLAS – There are two great Canals cutting through continents – the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal. They are very different. To cross between the Caribbean and the Pacific through Panama, you must go
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Cruise Flashback; Galveston to Dubai 2013 Cairo, Egypt; May 10, 2013 FEB. 9, 2021, DALLAS – Only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands – the Great Pyramid of Giza. I feel so lucky to have visited it up close in 2013. Our timing was fortuitous.
Continue readingDear Cruise Diary Days 20-21 Alexandria, Egypt; tour to Cairo and Giza May 10-11, 2013 We docked and cleared customs by 7:30 am in Alexandria, and our tour leader had asked that we meet him as quickly as possible, because we had a lot planned for the two days.
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