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At 6:00 PM December 3–4, 1997
Sunrise (local): 6:32 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:49 p.m.	Weather 78°F
Traveled Since Dec. 2 22 mi / 35 km Cumulative 1320 mi / 2126 km	Lat: 30° 51' 13" N Lon: 32° 18' 31" E Elev: 161 ft / 49 m

[Webmaster's note: This dispatch covers the days from December 3 to December 4. The almanac data refers to December 4.]

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Qantara
Where We're Staying: "Grand Hotel"
Places We Visited: Crocodile Lake
Featured Site: Suez Canal
Person of the Day: Eastern Egypt Police
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: balille (pronounced "ba-leel"); Breakfast: pastries, pastries, and more pastries; Lunch: ta'amiyya and fuul sandwiches; Dinner: a blinding panorama of small dishes; Olive Count: 1184
Word of the Day: Qannaat El-sowees means "Suez Canal" in Egyptian Arabic.
Tech Fact of the Day: In 1997, each ship payed an average of US$70,000 dollars for the right to pass through the canal and today the canal earns Egypt over US$2 billion annually.: Flat Count (Cumulative): 3; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 19


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