We arrived in Aqaba, Jordan early Saturday (11/17) morning. Most people left the ship early to visit Petra. I had been there before, so I decided to spend the two days on the Red Sea going scuba diving. I had a stuffy nose, so I decided against diving because sinus pressure and having to equalize the pressure in your ears is no fun. So instead I had a great day on board the ship. Since most people were off the ship visiting Petra, it felt like I had the entire ship to myself.
For the first time in the cruise I went to high tea in the afternoon, joined by Colin, our cruise director, and after a nice dinner with new friend, Jean Pierre (again speaking all in French - my French is getting so much better), we went to the upstairs bar which had been turned into a disco for the evening. After dancing and drinking well into the wee hours of the morning, we finally went to bed!
The next (late) morning, I got up and had lunch with Jean Pierre and then on my way back to the cabin, I ran into my Australian friends who were about to have lunch out on the deck and asked me to sit with them and hang out a bit because we hasn't seen each other in two whole days! I was going to go into Aqaba for a little bit, but the weather looked nasty (and indeed it began to rain shortly thereafter), so the guys and I ended up talking and having champagne all afternoon. Another fun day!
That night I had dinner plans with one of the entertainers and the piano player/musical director and we ate outside under the stars as we sailed along to Safaga, Egypt. That evening their was a "mentalist" who performed a show for us and to be honest it was very impressive, if not a little creepy.
At any rate, it was an early night since tomorrow morning will be an early one!
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