Canal Cruise..We went to Port Said last weekend....a city of northeast Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal about 220 km from Cairo. Thought wanna have some quality time just the 3 of us... but so sad daddy didnt manage to sleep the 2 straight nites. Poor my darling, actually he forseen this, he was like hinting me...a nite before we travelled, something big happen at the office if we could not make it this week, next week we'll go...but when he called his colleagues and teammates to alert them, nobody response...or even answer his call....no surprise this is Egypt! So we still packed up and go...after arrived Port Said, check in the Hotel, manage to have lunch a lil stroll & dip in the Med Sea... his phone started to ring non stop...there goes our holiday! This Helnan Hotel only provide wireles internet at the coffee house not in the room..so that's where my hubby are during the whole 2 days.... we almost need to head home for emergency meeting... So it was only me & Tisha in the room...:(
Btw, nothing much to do in Port Said, it's a duty free town...but stop imagining Dubai or even Langkawi and such... this town full of goods from China & Indonesia... which can easily found in our Night Market back home...but been describe by the locals here...as shopping heaven...*sigh* and dont have to come this far to buy printed batik caftan! i
I found one duty free shop selling their good in USD, there're some perfumes, samsonite bag & electrical items... but when we point out what we want...they dont have any stock left ...sad..but then again..its Egypt...its happens all the time! So i keep on telling ,myself....who know whether its genuine...?!
Another sad thing... we're soo wanted to go for a Canal Cruise... but only to know that, that day the 'ferry' being taken somewhere for service! So sad we really wanted to see... the huge vessel entering Suez Canal..
Oh yeah, one thing good about Port Said ... their seafoods...fresh & cheap... we really had a good eats there...if we ever return to Port Said it'll be absolutely for their seafood! I would strongly...recommend..El Borg Seafood... the foods are fresh & good...services are high class which very very very hard to find here in Egypt (their waiters in El Borg are 100 times better than waiters in this so called 5 Star Helnan Hotel) and of course the food are cheap.
On our way back to Cairo, we had a pit stop in Ismailia...my dear hubby still wanna catch a glimpse of a vessel passing thru Suez Canal.... We had a stop and this jetty where u can cross over to Sinai, the policemen let us stand by the canal to watch it.... however no photo please he said...that's ok for us! Well it was such an experience to see a huge vessel passing thru this such a small narrow canal ... Tish said cool! hehehe. My dear hubby make a pledge...will go back there to Ismailia again...to see all this vessel...and canal again! Maybe he should be a Ship Captain rather than Network Consultant...
