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Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Alexandria July 3rd 2001

We took a day trip to Alexandria. It was really nice up there. The drive up there was pretty enjoyable too. Anyways, in Alexandria we went along the Cormche and then looked at a palace called El-Muntaza. We also took a look at an aquarium and Fort Wait Bay, which was being reconstructed with some of its original pieces. We then drove along past the huge Alexandria Library, and made our way to the Catacombs at Kom El-Shogafa. For dinner, we had Pizza Hut. I was so happy to be eating something familiar to me. I love Pizza so much, so I was one happy person. But I do admit I need to steer clear of the junk food, and try something local. We went for a walk along the Nile as the sun was setting ... read more
Me In Alexandria
The Fort
The Catacombs

Africa » Egypt » Mediterranean » Port Said September 18th 1964

We set sail from London on P&O's SS Himalaya on 11 September. Mum and Dad had booked the Himalaya because it was the very same ship that they had returned from England on in 1955, with six week old me in tow. Mum was apparently quite sick after my birth, so I never got to go to their home in the London suburb of Roehampton, but instead went with Mum straight from Guy's Hospital to the ship. I was told many times during my childhood that every one of the SS Himalaya's 1955 passengers knew that young Master David Sheehan was on board, as according to Mum I didn't stop screaming from the time we left London until we docked back in Melbourne. This was despite my parents trying to isolate the ship's company from the ... read more
The Captain's table, SS Himalaya
Captain Cowan of the SS Himalaya
Suez Canal




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