And So To The Suez Canal
As you can see I am now several days behind with the postings. We are presently at sea heading towards Sorrento having left Crete yesterday afternoon. Still a lot to report from days gone by.
Saturday April 20th
Day at Sea sailing towards the Suez CanalSunday April 21st
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| It's Easter Sunday |
And its Caviar and Champagne breakfast
Suez Canal Transit Egypt
We set anchor at sea early on the morning of Sunday April 21st awaiting our turn to transit
Around 10.00 a.m. we entered the canal.
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| In We Go |
Construction of the canal to provide access between the Red and Mediterranean Seas and hence interrupting the expanse of the Sinai desert began in 1859.
This was achieved essentially by hand.
Thousands of Egyptian men shovelled tons of sand to dig the canal.
Ten years later on November 17, 1869, the canal was opened.
The history of ownership and management of the canal, originally that of the French, makes interesting reading
There are no locks in the canal because the difference between the levels of the two seas is small.
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| The City of Suez |
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| The Suez and Us |
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| Desert and Desert |
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| Its All Close |
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| Ferry Across the Canal |
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| The Bridge Across the Canal |
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| Another View of the Bridge |
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| The Opposite Direction |
Finally goodbye Suez; hello the Mediterranean at about 6.00 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
Heading off to Ashdod Israel.....more later!!!!
Suez Canal looks wider than I remember it in 1955.
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