Human Pyramids

Human Pyramid

My highlight from Egypt was not the pyramids or the Sphynx. Nor was sitting in a cafe alleyway smoking Shisha and drinking chai surrounded by crumbling colonial style buildings. Those things I had enjoyed before on my first visit to there 2 years ago. But it was still cool, of course, doing those things again with new friends. We made a human pyramid in front of the pyramids and rattled off snaps like Japanese tourists. Thanks must go to Peace Boat for arranging that tour for us for free.

The Suez

My personal highlight was the Suez Canal, which we earlier cruised through over the course of a day, before docking in Port Said. The Peace Boat was in convoy with cargo ships moving at a steady 9 knots. The canal really narrows in some parts. From the middle of the ship you can’t see the water, which gives the impression that you’re cruising through sand. We passed various landmarks and memorials and all the Japanese passengers came out on deck to see the Suez’ only suspension bridge, funded by the Japanese Government.

At the Pyramids

Since we’d departed Yokohama everything had been go, go, go…but this was the perfect day to do nothing. So now onwards to my first taste of the Mediterrainian!

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