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September 22, 2005
No worries, we will get there!
Thursday 22nd September
Well, after a peaceful start to the morning and a beautiful sunrise, events seemed to take a suddenly dramatic turn.
We received a call around 10 from the coast guard asking us to stay exactly w here we were. There were some problems with immigration procedures and we had crossed into territorial waters. As such a navy boat brandishing some rather large guns paid us a visit. They circled us like a shark circling it's prey. Daniel, our captain requested that they do not point their weapons at us we are peaceful people and they did. They also removed their helmets. pheweee. Apparently this is their standard procedure, but still.
We were requested to go back to Haifa back to go through the immigration procedures there instead of in Tel Aviv. We invited them for a cup of tea on board. But our offer was declined. See, no need for guns at all. As I write this we following this detour back to Haifa. We will arrive a bit later in Tel Aviv than planned - but no worries, we will get there.
Donna Mattfield
Posted by Hussein at September 22, 2005 4:57 PM
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Hi Donna no news Or photos from Cairo Or Alex was posted in her ???
we met in Alex I hope u remeber I was the photographer with the team please send ur email
Posted by: Ayman Hammad at October 16, 2005 12:57 AM