Ship me somewheres east of Suez

[sovay]

My life remains a double-tracked medical cavalcade, but selkie has just informed me of the latest development in the Suez: "theyre actually doing it! ever given has been there so long that theyre actually going around the cape of good hope like 1700s scurvy patients oh my god."

I can only imagine how nervous the Panama Canal must be feeling right now. I just checked and thank God the dredging of Boston Harbor is proceeding on schedule. If we Storrowed a container ship, we'd never live it down.

P.S. The breeze coming through the window smells like the ocean; there was a gyre of seagulls visible above the roofs in the afternoon. It is coincidental but pleasant, considering all the chanteys I now have stuck in my head.

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[asakiyume]

At some point somewhere in my past I saw a great picture of ships passing through the Panama Canal. I don't remember where! But it prompted me to look for similar, and... well, here you go. So beautiful (that photo doesn't have the brightest mix of containers, but still...)

[sovay]

So beautiful

It reminds me of discovering Boston's Conley Terminal in 2019. I miss so many places.

[asakiyume]

When traveling becomes a Thing again, I want to visit So Many ports.