Thursday 24th April

We are still ploughing up the Red Sea and the weather is still extremely hot and the sea is still very calm, (it is forecast to be closer to 40°C tomorrow) ideal for porpoise watching, though they have been more elusive today. Went to dine with the crew tonight, it was a great night, both officers were electro technical and both were ex Royal Navy one was an ex Harrier pilot (but with an engineering degree, hence his current job) and the other started his career in the same role that I did, so needless to say the wine flowed, we were the last to leave the restaurant and funnily enough Carol wasn’t bored a bit as the talk wasn’t all technical and she was promised a repeat invite, but we will see, time’s running out. That’s about it for now, we are due to turn right into the Gulf of Aqaba at 2.00am tomorrow morning arriving at the port of Aqaba at 8.00am. Clocks go back an hour again tonight making us two hours in front of you now.