Voyages of Southern Cross DQQ

We spent almost six months at the Adakoy Marina in Marmaris. It was the most economical marina in Marmaris but was still quite adequate. The staff at the marina and the small market and boat related shops, especially Hikmet, the marina manager, were all very...

The taxi ride up to Suez from El Gouna was interesting mainly for a desert dust storm that we had to go through. Visibility was reduced almost to the point of not being able to drive. I put on a pandemic mask to keep some of the sandy dust out of my lungs....

Egypt
4-8-23

I was apprehensive flying into Cairo not knowing what to expect in Egypt. I had heard that it was crowded and confusing with foreigners being constantly hounded for backsheesh. My understanding was that this was a mixture...

One day before my visa expired I flew from Phuket to Johannesburg, South Africa. After an overnight flight there was a stop in Doha. As it was my birthday I gave myself a birthday present when I bought a new M2 MacBook Air with an English keyboard at the...

On leaving Athens I flew to Istanbul. As expected there were considerable crowds everywhere throughout the city. My hotel, the Royan Suites, was perfect as it was near the major sites on the European side of the city and it was a clean and comfortable hotel....

After visiting my brother in New York City in June I flew to Lisbon, Portugal. My first night there I went to a Fado club and really enjoyed the live Fado music despite its melancholy nature. The Gulbenkian museum was very interesting as were all the...