You should have heard the complaints all morning when there wasn’t any internet. I mean, seriously? Is it really a crisis if you can’t read a newspaper on a Sunday or play on line poker? Jill and I just shook our heads and kept on stitching.

19 March 2017
Otherwise it was a quiet day punctuated by the usual dance classes, art auctions, bingo and quizzes. And maybe a cheer or two when the techs managed to get the sand out of the receivers and the passenger/crew internet connection back. As far as why we managed to get hit by a sandstorm, the Red Sea is simply not that wide. Having 75+km/hr winds means that they easily make it from the Arabian Peninsula to any ship which is within 40-50 km of their shore.

my view for most of the day
We arrived at the East end of the Suez around 2300…

looking toward the port