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Day 52: Port Said

The first light of day breaks in the sky behind us. It's as if a veil has been lifted from the city and the dark, unfamiliar outlines resolve into handsome old colonial houses, with tall louvred doorways opening onto wrought-iron balconies, an elegant, arcaded Canal House, with its mosaic-covered dome and a fine lighthouse of yellow brick.
Port Said is not a major port of entry for passenger ships, most of which use Alexandria. This may partly explain why Louis Lines, who operate the Princesa Marissa, can keep their costs down, and why there appears to be no means of getting from the boat to the shore.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 52
- Country/sea: Egypt
- Place: Port Said
- Book page no: 115
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