Travel

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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The ship stopped twice in India with a day at sea between the ports of Cochin and Mumbai. There was an excursion I took that had us disembark in Cochin, travel to Dehli via air, travel to Agra the second day by train with return to Delhi, and travel by air from Dehli to Mumbai to rejoin the ship. Of course, while in Agra we visited the Taj Mahal; the main sight to see during the three days.

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