Transiting the Suez Canal
April 6th 2009 Today we are going through the Suez Canal which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Google it and see what it looks like from the air.
It is 101 miles long and at its narrowest, less than 400 yards wide. Traffic is one way and in convoys.
Each day, early in the morning, two convoys depart north to south and one departs south to north (Us today). Unlike the Panama Canal, ther
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