Suez Canal, Suez to Port Said, Egypt, April 13, 2023

Samisa ihange phambi kweSuez Canal ubusuku bonke. Ngo-6:30 a.m. sangena kulo msele futhi manje sesihola uhide lwemikhumbi engu-19.

Ngokuphambene nenkolelo evamile, kakade kwase kunomzila wamanzi osuka oLwandle LwaseMedithera uya oLwandle Olubomvu eGibhithe lasendulo. I-Bubastis Canal (ebuye yaziwe ngokuthi i-Ismailia Canal) isuka eNayile Delta idlula e-Wadi Tumilat kanye neLake Timsah iye oLwandle Olubomvu. Kukholakala ukuthi uFaro Neko II (610 kuya ku-595 BC) wayala ukwakhiwa komsele, kodwa akazange aphile ukuze abone ukuqedwa kwawo. Cishe kwenzeka ngaphansi kwenkosi yasePheresiya uDariyu I (521 kuya ku-486 BC). Umsele kamuva wagcwala udaka futhi wavuselelwa amaPtolemies (cishe 300 kuya ku-30 BC).

I-Suez, ekungeneni kwe-Red Sea Canal, iyidolobha elikhulu elinabantu ababalelwa ku-750,000. Idolobha linabela entshonalanga ukusuka emseleni kuya ezintabeni. Uhlangothi olusentshonalanga lomsele luhlaza kakhulu, uhlangothi olusempumalanga luwugwadule olunesihlabathi.

Eceleni komsele kunezindonga, izigxobo zokubuka, izintambo zikagesi, amatshe esikhumbuzo nemisebenzi eminingi yokwakha. Kuphinde kube noqwembe olukhulu lwesikhumbuzo endaweni yendiza ethi "Ever Given" eyabhidlika ngonyaka odlule.

Umsele wesibili nawo wakhiwa ezingxenyeni ezithile ukuze kwandiswe umthamo. Kuhlale kuhlekisa ukubona umkhumbi omkhulu ngemuva kwendunduma yesihlabathi. Amadolobha aseGibhithe asemseleni ahlaba umxhwele kakhulu kunaseJordani.

Ngaphezu kwezikebhe ezinenjini ezimbalwa nezikebhe ezigwedlayo, kukhona nebhuloho phezu komsele, i-Egypt-Japanese Friendship Bridge. Yize yethulwa ngo-2001, ayizange iqale ukusebenza.

Ngemva kokuhamba kahle kwamahora angu-10 sahamba sangena oLwandle iMedithera ePort Said ngaphandle kwezinkinga.