Suez sights

We rode this ferry across the canal to Port Fouad the other evening around sunset. The ferry system is free  and carries cars and foot passengers for the 10 minute ride across the canal. Ferries are constantly coming and going except when a large ship passes through the channel.

About midway across, we saw the sunset just to the left of this lovely building most often pictured on websites of Port Said. It is the Suez Canal Office, originally built in 1893.

As the ferry neared the dock in Port Fouad,
this imposing mosque, called
The Grand Mosque, stood to greet us.

Here you can see both the upper and lower walkways by the canal where we love to stroll and observe what might be new on the canal in the morning.
It is one of our windows to the world---where we go Ahh--after passing through streets hemmed in by tall apartment buildings --

Yesterday morning we were greeted by this huge cruise ship and all the horse and buggy men out to entice the tourists fresh off the Balmoral, which left Southampton, England on Jan. 4 and is headed for South Korea and Japan, with many stops along the way to warm the cold-weary Brits. for 85 days. The one couple we talked to were quite delighted with all the sunshine.

This morning it was a  large pink cargo ship named the Blumenau from Liberia.

Truly this canal offers a lot to the imagination, connecting the history of Egypt with England, France, and Israel in their various skirmishes over ownership.  And until now, connecting this city and country to the world economy.