This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise I write this as we are cruising up the Suez Canal – our first “sea day” in the past five days. Busy, busy, busy! We made three stops in Egypt (Sohkna, Sharm al Sheik, and Safaga), but these were only convenient ports to depart on…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise In contrast to the trip to Luxor, our time in Cairo was pretty depressing. First, you have to realize that Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the Middle East at 20 million people. From the overview, you learned that poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Sharm el Sheik is at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. It was a sleepy little town for many years, but now has become a huge resort area boasting some of the best diving in the world. While I was very tempted to take advantage…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise One of our favorite stops in the Middle East was Petra, the capital city of the ancient Nabataeans, an industrious Arabian people who settled in southern Jordan over 2000 years ago. Petra sat on the north-south trade route, with caravans bringing goods from the Red…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise After leaving Oman, we spent 4 days transiting to our first stop in Egypt (Safaga), including a couple of days on the Red Sea. While most of the trip was uneventful, we did have on run-in with Somali pirates. We had earlier boarded (at sea)…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Okay, let’s start with a test. How many people actually know where Oman is? Be truthful! Well, I didn’t really know either. Frankly, I’ve always paid more attention to Asia than the Middle East. But if you look on a map, you will see how…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Well, our sojourn around India finally came to an end. Unfortunately, during our last day in Jaipur, Glen developed an unpleasant case of “Delhi Belly” and, as a consequence, his day in Mumbai…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Today is our last day in India; tomorrow we fly to meet the ship in Dubai. Unfortunately, as I write this, I am sitting looking out over the ocean with a case of “Dehli Belly,” rather than touring around the city as originally planned. Having…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise Seeing the Taj Mahal was one of the highlights of the trip, but there was much more to see. So off to Jaipur we went. As we were leaving Agra, we started noticing a long line of people walking in groups along the side of…
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This is part of a series called Seabourn Half-World cruise The iconic Taj shot — evening version After a thoroughly enjoyable time in Delhi, we got in our van with our trusty driver, Suresh, and made the 4-hour drive to Agra – a small…
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