Haven't written anything since my long saga about Cochin but I know dad has pretty much kept you up on things.
After Cochin we had a few relaxing sea days before Dubai and as you know dad went to the dentist. Thank goodness he could do this because he had lost a crown on one side and a big failing it came out on the other side so he really couldn't chew at all. The dentist put a temporary filling in but it is over DK so must get back to Dr. Harle if auto water as soon as possible-probably mid-May.
I went shopping with Bob and Kathy (the people who run the mariner club). They gave us the video camera. We went to the gold souk and although my shopping was successful (not telling what I bought, Eliza, but I think someone I know is having a 12th birthday soon). I was a little disappointed in the souk itself as it was just a shopping center and I expected something more exotic. If you go back and look at pictures I think you can see a big brown arch that says gold souk-that was it! Inside it is just stores. They do come out and harass you so I guess you could say that is a bit exotic!
Karen and Jim took the big tour of Dubai and told us they saw I huge indoor ski center. Can you believe it? This is a hot climate and the hills were big-even an expert Hill.
After Dubai we had several sea days again and we had to exciting things happen one was the pirate drill when I know dad took some videos. The other thing was a little more startling. We had just sat down for dinner when the Commodore came on over the loudspeaker and in a very calm voice said that there had been a report that a large object the size of a person had been seen going over the side. We were instructed to immediately returned to our state room and remain there with our door open until further notice. The funny thing was that after a few seconds of stunned disbelief we were the only ones to follow instructions.
Once all the passengers were accounted for, the crew had to go to their gathering place and be counted. Meanwhile the ship had turned around and there were searchlights scanning the sea. Fortunately nobody was missing and we never did find out what happened. Dinner was delayed a couple of hours so we certainly enjoyed it when we got it!
The trip from Dubai to Egypt was on eventful-thank goodness! We felt very well protected but it was disconcerting to see lookout guards on each side of the ship and probably in other places that we couldn't see. We were very close to places we have all heard of in the news-Persian Gulf, strait of Hormuz, gulf of Oman, gulf of Aden (pirate area, Yemen on one side Somalia on other). Then into the comparative safety of the Red Sea. By the way there are three pirate attacks per week!
More later on Egypt and Suez Canal.
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WOW! That is all very exciting! What a weird feeling it must be to be in places that you have always only seen on the news. It is so unreal to watch it on TV...sometimes you forget that there are actual people involved who deal with pirates and riots on a consistent basis! I didn't know that there are 3 pirate attacks per week. I guess you only hear of the really "exciting" ones on TV.
ReplyDeleteGlad they are taking such good care of you and that you are safe!