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The Suez Canal is another one of those special spots where you can stand on the deck of a ship and see two continents just by turning your head. Even though both sides technically belong to Egypt, for a northbound transit looking to the left you see Africa and looking to the right you see Asia.

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Back in the time of Moses the city of Petra was a major center of trade and capital of a region in what is now Jordan. When you come to Jordan a trek to Petra is a classic “bucket list” thing to do. So, I signed up for the Petra excursion for when we docked at Aqaba. I had done some research about such an excursion and determined it would be a trek. Little did I know what kind of trek it would end up being.

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Did not think I was going to post again for a bit until yesterday (3/18/18 about 10:45am) when I realized that we were sailing through one of only a very few unique spots on the Earth where you can stand on the deck of a ship and just by turning your head see two different continents at the same moment.

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After Imodium, a good night, and a day of “plain” food everything checked out this morning (Friday the 16th) and I was released from captivity in my cabin. Just to be certain I stayed in much of today except for some routine tasks. One of those was a load of laundry to wash everything I had on the past several days and the administrative task of getting the medical department to approve a refund for the two excursions I missed that were not my fault. They did and the excursion desk processed the refunds. That’s something I did not expect and it was greatly appreciated.

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While I missed going up into the Burj Khalifa, I did not miss seeing it in a way most people don’t: at eye level in the middle.

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Sometimes it’s amazing how things work out. As I mentioned Indian revenge kept me in my cabin yesterday and cancelled my excursion for today to the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. Well, I had a good night last night and was released from house arrest this morning as we were still approaching Dubai.

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