Egypt cancelled

Finally - the announcement we have been waiting for …. Egypt Cancelled!!

The Captain of the Dawn Princess changed yesterday in Singapore, and our new Captain, Philip Pickford - on his final cruise before retiring - introduced himself and then explained that due to the political situation in Egypt, for the sake of safety, we will be missing the three ports in Egypt - we were a bit disappointed - especially to miss the Valley of the Kings, Alexandria and Sharm el Sheikh.

They have been replaced by stops in Ashdod ( the port for Jerusalem) and Crete.
After the announcement over the load speakers, there was a knock at our door, and when i opened it, Jo and I were dancing the happy dance cause we had said that we hoped Jerusalem would be one of the substitute ports if Egypt was cancelled. I loved Jerusalem on our last visit, so I am very excited to be going back again to spend more time there.

I was sad to have to write to our private tour company in Egypt to cancel – they have been extremely helpful as we have emailed back and forth to set up each of the tours and I know how much they rely on the tourists for their living, but until the political situation is sorted - I think they will be in for a rough time.

Now, I am busy researching a private taxi tour for Crete while Jo researches Jerusalem for our group.