by The Inside Cabin | Nov 19, 2025 | Africa, Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria, Middle East
Pyramids, Mummies and the Nile: Our Two-Day Adventure from Alexandria Our two-day adventure from Alexandria to Cairo included Giza, the Sphinx, Saqqara, the Royal Mummies, and a Nile dinner cruise. Here’s how we made the most of this rare overnight call Interactive...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 10, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, Israel, Ashdod (Jerusalem)
We left Haifa late, after 11:30 pm and traveled the short distance down the Israel Coast to Ashdod, arriving the next morning around 7AM. Ashdod is another commercial port where there isn’t much available nearby. But since we were on another all day tour it didn’t...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 9, 2016 | Israel, Haifa, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East
We arrived in Haifa early this morning, but before we could go ashore we would have to go thru a face to face immigration check with Israeli officials. The check would take place on Deck 5 in one corner of the dining room. The day before we received letters assigning...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 8, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day, Suez Canal
Today will be my 5th Suez Canal Transit, but my first on something other than an US Navy Aircraft Carrier when we went back and forth between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean 30 years ago aboard the USS Saratoga (CV 60). As you would imagine, security for an...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 6, 2016 | Aqaba, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, Jordan
This is post 94 of 144 in the series “2016 World Cruise” Day D-2 Leaving Imperial Beach, California Day D-1 Arriving in Fort Lauderdale Day 1- The Grand Voyage Begins! 115 Days Day 2 – At Sea – Enroute Costa Rica Day 3 – Cruising the...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, Oman, Salalah
The ship docked in Salalah about 30 minutes early, but we had decided to make this port a sea day so the early arrival didn’t mean much to us today. I did considerable research into this port looking for something interesting to justify leaving the ship and dealing...
