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PLACES VISITED

Date
Place Suez Canal

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the distance, and nearer to us to Starboard, was a narrow canal - the Sweetwater, and a single track railway line, also two roads, one right on the canal bank for slow traffic and some yards beyond that a fast road. Diesel trains passed occasionally between Port Said and the next town on the Canal - El Kantara, and the roads were also fairly busy, the fast traffic consisting of heavy lorries, buses, and cars, and the slower road had a few pedestrians and cars. Quite a number of cars were English makes such as the Ford Anglia. At length the countryside to starboard began to look more cultivated, oases appeared at regular intervals, each with a