Snaefell3 Posted December 18, 2023 #26 Share Posted December 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, RetiredLifer said: we saw this heading in the opposite direction You'll be able to "dine out on" that for years. 😉 Glad it seems most of the action was in your rear view mirror, and you didn't have a front-row seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredLifer Posted December 18, 2023 #27 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Snaefell3 said: You'll be able to "dine out on" that for years. 😉 Glad it seems most of the action was in your rear view mirror, and you didn't have a front-row seat. There were a few incidents that happened prior to and after we passed certain areas which we read about after the fact. Nothing that we were aware of in “real time.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paf225 Posted December 19, 2023 #28 Share Posted December 19, 2023 11 hours ago, RetiredLifer said: We had armed guards aboard. The Riviera on MarineTraffic.com also showed “Armed Guards aboard”. At one point when we were in the shipping channel just as we had entered the Gulf Of Aden we saw this heading in the opposite direction That vessel appears to be the Chinese guided missile frigate Linyi. Isn’t there enough tension in this region already? Regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted December 19, 2023 #29 Share Posted December 19, 2023 9 hours ago, paf225 said: That vessel appears to be the Chinese guided missile frigate Linyi. Isn’t there enough tension in this region already? Regards, Paul The PLAN has had a naval base with escort task forces in Djibouti since 2017, but has pretty much ignored these attacks despite some of the attacks being on PRC shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridatravelersforlife Posted December 19, 2023 #30 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Frankly I don't wish to see another Achille Lauro episode off the Egyptian Coast. That was the PLA. They were benign compared to the Shiite factions today. No armed guards will prevent a missile attack We cancelled our Dubai to Haifa cruise May 2024 for these reasons back in the Fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted December 19, 2023 #31 Share Posted December 19, 2023 29 minutes ago, floridatravelersforlife said: We cancelled our Dubai to Haifa cruise May 2024 for these reasons back in the Fall ...and our next cruise is Nassau/Hamilton/Norfolk/Charleston/Canaveral. Call us ...cautious, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted December 19, 2023 #32 Share Posted December 19, 2023 56 minutes ago, Snaefell3 said: ...and our next cruise is Nassau/Hamilton/Norfolk/Charleston/Canaveral. Call us ...cautious, too. I've taken that a couple of times on Oceania out of Miami. I think the last one we forgot to go to Bermuda. We got Jacksonville instead. Lot's of people were upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted December 19, 2023 #33 Share Posted December 19, 2023 1 hour ago, ORV said: we forgot to go to Bermuda. We got Jacksonville instead. SHHHH! Don't give them ideas. We already traded an overnight in Charleston for GSC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curmudgeon98 Posted December 19, 2023 #34 Share Posted December 19, 2023 The Red Sea (and Persian Gulf) have been on my "don't need to go there" list for quite a few years. China (and Hong Kong) have joined them in recent years. We like to travel, but we feel no need to try to see everything. The present situation with Yemen, with helicopter-born assaults, drone attacks, and ballistic missile attacks on shipping is pretty extreme. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted December 19, 2023 #35 Share Posted December 19, 2023 2 hours ago, curmudgeon98 said: my "don't need to go there" list There do seem to be people who want it all 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridatravelersforlife Posted December 20, 2023 #36 Share Posted December 20, 2023 21 hours ago, clo said: There do seem to be people who want it all 🙂 And they do so at at their own risk. They may not be aware of the guy that the terrorists rolled off the Achille Lauro in a wheelchair into the sea back in 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepherd really Posted December 20, 2023 #37 Share Posted December 20, 2023 48 minutes ago, floridatravelersforlife said: And they do so at at their own risk. They may not be aware of the guy that the terrorists rolled off the Achille Lauro in a wheelchair into the sea back in 1985. His name was Leon Klinghoffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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