Blistering heat … sand … and oh, soooo many flies …

Sounds like fun!

We started the transit at 4:30 in the morning … first in the convoy … but couldn’t see many of the followers for the dust.

When Jan woke at 6, all she could see was sand …

… and so the day continued …

… with the occasional green bits …

There was regular evidence of the military … including helicopters overhead …

The new canal had just opened and was fairly busy with cargo ships.

The transit finished at about 3:30 … and Insignia set sail for Aqaba …