After we go through the Suez Canal, we’ll enter the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden.  Of course, it will be a relief once we depart this area. We aren’t going to worry. Right now, I’m more concerned about the upcoming three and a half hour walk across the desert to the Great Pyramids this Friday. (Correction:  Yesterday I wrote that we visit the Pyramids on Thursday when it is actually on Friday. HiIt’s easy to lose tract of the days of the week lately.) Bite sized pieces. That’s our lives, living one day at a time, taking in all that we care to, at our own pace, free of expectations and one adventure at a time, if at all possible.

May  6, 2013 to May 21, 2013

Royal Caribbean – Mariner of the Seas, departs 5/6/13, 15 nights

Mon
May 6 Barcelona, Spain 5:00pm

Wed
May 8 At Sea

Fri
May 10 Cairo / Giza (Alexandria), Egypt 7:00am

Sun
May 12 Suez Canal, Egypt (Cruising)

Tue
May 14 Petra (Aqaba), Jordan 9:00am 10:00pm

Thu
May 16 At Sea

Sat
May 18 At Sea

Mon
May 20 At Sea

Tue
May 21 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 6:00am

My earlier prediction that sailing across the seas slowly would make adapting easier was shot as the daily changes across the
ocean took us deeper and deeper in “biological clock” hell. 

Anyway, last night as we entered our room, we discover the usual next day’s program of activities and two other items:

We’d anticipated the likelihood of certain procedures being put into place, necessary for safe sailing through these high risk pirate laden waters. Perhaps, not to this extreme, until we talked to the couple on the Epic, whom we thought at the time, was
enjoying getting a reaction out of us.

Although, in essence, it may not have been intended to elicit fear any more than our recent telling of the 50 foot swells and 65 MPH winds we experienced for three days on the Atlantic crossing of the Epic.