23 23 N, 35 45 E After all the sailing we’ve done, a certain level of comfort and confidence has set in. We’ve seen and done quite a bit, this […]

21 49 N, 36 51 E Paul10:30 p.m.. (19:30 UTC) Tuesday, 1 June 2010   49 N, 36 51 E (Khor el Morob, Sudan) There is a weather window now, and […]

21 20 N, 37 00 E Boy, it’s dusty here. And dry. A minute after you finish your cereal, slurrrpppprhphhh, gone is the moisture, sucked into the air, and the […]

19 06 N, 37 20 E We’re in Suakin, in Sudan on the banks of the Red Sea. So much is happening every day that it has been difficult to […]

12 47 N, 44 59 E Posted May 24, 2010 An on-line travel guide extols Yemen as a “tourist’s country” that “holds so many treasures that appeal to any open-minded […]

14 48 N, 42 57 E (The Red Sea) Paul’s great uncle, Ed Casey, was an Air Force Colonel.  Paul met him only once, towards the end of his life. […]

We are en route between Salalah, Oman, and Aden, Yemen.  We write about a bit of a scare that we just had. One morning early in our trip, we saw […]

Exiting Salalah en route to Aden: We’ve spent several days at the over-syllabled Omani city of “Salalah.” Why did they not just stop at “Sa-lah?” You’d figure that at least […]