We are sailing along here this morning in the Gulf of Aden, doing about 19 knots in a calm sea. The port city of Aden, Yemen is due north of us about twenty miles and we are at the southernmost point (12 degrees north) of our turn into the mouth of the Red Sea. Within a couple of hours we will be into Djibouti territorial waters at the narrowest point of the mouth. This is good because it should assuage the fear of those with pirate phobias.
Did you know that the largest U.S. military base in all of Africa is in Djibouti? I did not know that either until yesterday. How do I now know this? Because, there are two eminent Political Science lecturers onboard that have been keeping those that are interested completely tuned in to recent events in M.E.N.A. (Middle East and North Africa).
We have about 1200 miles still to go before we reach Aqaba. My next report should be about this time tomorrow from the Red Sea between Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
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