Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bahrain One step up, our next visit was to Bahrain lsland. lt seemed that the thing to do in Bahrain was to spend money: there were plenty of bargains to be found. Mainly in gold, pertume and exotic materials. Bahrain is a mocl- ern country but with a culture that seems to have come from the story 'The Arabian Knights . Men in long white robes with turbins or a bernuce, and the women in long black robes with taces veiled. The people shy away from a camera as it is said to take their picture is to take their soul. This port will be long remembered even with- out the pictures. aa. will 6 , ffl ' i ,f M 'H if i 5'+- -af' . '?!lV' Ula U' ,J I! . s 2 avg? I ' lik u l ' V -Q V l 4 W .v-' iv

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Djiboutl, Djiboutl ..,, .ind iassiwtrtwtwl U The most lasting memory of Djibouti is that it was our first port visit away from home. A small country enclosed between the countries of Ethiopia and Somalia, it is the location of the last overseas French Foreign Legion Post. Dry and dusty, it dicln't look promising. Many took to the water to escape the heat, sunbathing, skindiving, or just relaxing poolside. The town itself was very interesting with it's open air markets selling such items as ostrich eggs, antelope horns, zebra, lion, and various other animal skins.

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The Suez Canal was a journey into the past. The sands of the Sinai to the east with small Egyptian towns bordering the west. There was much evidence of the past wars between Egypt and Israel. Gun batteries along the banks, lost and forgotten tanks and shelters littering the shores. In the transit south to the Red Sea, SEM spent one un- forgetable night moored to a sand dune to await passage of northbound traffic. Suez Canal