june 2 2006 : suez canal, egypt, africa Yet another 5 a.m. wake up call yesterday morning so we could get things ready for day two of the Suez transit. We had called our agent the night before and he assured us that the pilot would arrive between 6 and … Read More
May 2006
may 1 2006 : cairo, egypt, africa This morning we visited the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities which was just a short walk away. This place houses over 136,000 exhibits and is really a pretty amazing place. There are so many artifacts that it has basically become impossible for the museum to … Read More
April 2006
april 2 2006 : asmara, eritrea, africa Yesterday morning we caught a bus to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, about four hours away. The bus was a small Japanese minibus converted to seat about twenty-five people, a couple of babies, dozens of boxes of salt, possibly some livestock, and whatever … Read More