No Drama in Yemen

We are now off the coast of Saudi Arabia. We passed thru the straights and past Yemen with no incident. Although we are relieved, I think we are also a bit disappointed that we didn't see anything. We passed closest to Yemen a bit later than originally scheduled, at about 12:30. As I predicted there were a lot of people on deck to take a look at what we could see. With Mel's telephoto lense he was able to get some pictures of buildings on the islands. When I walked on deck 3 later I could see how fast we were going. The ship was throwing a wake! I had not seen that before. Someone said they saw a helicopter way off in the distance but that was it. This morning people are reporting that a US destroyer was spotted about 300 yards from us at 6:30 last evening. The Capt reported that it was actually a ship flying a Saudi flag and going as fast south, 23 knots, as we were going north. The problems in Yemen surely added a bit of excitement to our cruise but I am glad we are through and save.