Thursday, March 30, 2017

Report #89 Al' Aqabah, Jordan March 29, 2017 Wednesday Partly cloudy & 88 degrees Part #2 Of 2 87 Pictures

More pictures from day two in Aqabah….. 

 

 

Here we are again

 

Water that we did not order

 

 

Margherita pizza was just as good today

 

An Arabic dessert – pudding, honey & pistachios

 

Romero Restaurant at the Yacht Club

 

Many yachts here

 

Bet it is active on weekends

 

Flags at a nearby mall

 

View of the mosque from Ayla Square

 

A tiled wall reveals Aqabah history

 

The Ho-Ho bus with local Muslim ladies

 

  McDonalds seems out of place in this scene

 

Sunset & Sailaway Pictures

 

The new complex by Westin

 

The Intercontinental Resort Hotel

 

The Kempinski Hotel

 

One of thousands of pigeons

 

Local tug

 

Israeli flag panted on a sign across the gulf

 

A tanker anchored

 

Fishing boat

 

An eagle

 

Wooden vessel

 

Pair of eagles

 

Fly like an eagle

 

New trucks being loaded on the car carrier, driver waiting to bring guys back

 

Eagle soaring over the mountains

 

They hunt mainly over the desert mountains

 

The sun enhanced their colors

 

Golden eagle, we believe

 

Eagle eyes

 

Fly effortlessly

 

There must have been one dozen of them

 

Very regal bird

 

Pretty in flight

 

Can measure 34 inches from beak to tail

 

Fly extremely high

 

Could be a juvenile

 

Colors were different

 

Very graceful

 

Never saw one strike a kill

 

Capable of killing rodents

 

Or other smaller birds

 

Mosque hidden in the trees

 

Tug coming to assist the other ship

 

Vessel fully loaded with phosphates

 

Sun was going down soon

 

Made the mountains very pretty

 

Hunting eagles

 

Several of them

 

Pigeons better watch out

 

Other boats in this harbor

 

A train on the hillsides

 

Pulling a load

 

Getting towards the end of the line

 

Sun ready to go behind the hills

 

Another tug

 

Close to setting

 

Going down over the desert

 

Looking from deck nine, aft pool

 

The call for prayer will begin soon

 

The heat of the day will end as well

 

Slipping away neat 5:45pm

 

A few clouds will pick up the color

 

The birds began to disappear

 

So did the sun

 

Small tour boat

 

Very close to the ship

 

Some pink shades as the sun set

 

Fishermen with their nets

 

Buckets to keep the fish fresh

 

Getting dark

 

The city lights up on the Israeli side

 

Tanker lights up too

 

Hotels and the Yacht Club area

 

Unusual cloud formations

 

Pool looks better at night

 

The dock area of Aqabah

 

Pier buildings at night

 

The work has stopped

 

Storage sheds on the dock

 

A newer mosque on the hillside

 

Dock tower

 

Well lit up

 

Sparkled like gold

 

Pretty at night

 

A sliver of a moon behind those clouds

 

Finally discovered that this is the Thomson Celebration (former HAL Noordam)