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KHASAB AND FUJAIRAH


    From Worldometer (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):

        DAY  USA  WORLD    Brazil    India    South Africa

2020

June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82
July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572
Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130
Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82
Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85
Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118
Dec    30       3880    14748       1224       299      465
2021
Jan     14       4142    15512       1151        189     712
Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398
Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194
April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37
May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59 
June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95
 July    7         251      8440        1595        817      411
Aug     4         656    10120        1118        532      423 
Sept   22      2228      9326          839       279     124
Oct      6       2102      8255          543       315       59
Nov    3        1436      7830         186        458       23
Dec     1       1633      8475          266        477       28
2022
Jan     7        2025      6729         148         285     140
Feb     2        2990   12012          946        991      175
Mar     2        1778     7756          335         173       28 
Apr     1          439      4056         290          52       12
May    5          225      2404         151            ?        64
June    2         216      1413         130          10        31
July    6          316      1627         335           35       12 
Aug    4          311       2138         258          70         ?
Sep    1          272       1732         174            ?         ?
Oct     6          281       1305         119            9         ?
Nov    3          167         980           16            ?         ?
        10          148         985           42            6         ?
        19            66         567           36           21        ?
        24           311       1205          102            5        ?
        25            88         985           71             3        ?

Summary:
  • Okay, maybe I overreacted yesterday. Perhaps the expected COVID winter resurgence might not be as bad as expected.
  • #1 in new deaths yesterday was Germany with 274, #2 Japan with 130 and #3 the US with 88.
  • Japan was #1 in new cases with 60,108, edging out South Korea with 59,089, with German #3 at 30,016.  The USA was #6 with 13,467.
  • China was #14 with 4,619 new cases, which means, truly, around 46,190 new cases, for they don't count asymptomatic cases, and this figure there is around 90%.  That figure places China at #3 yesterday in  new cases.  I predict they will surge past Japan and South Korea next month.

To continue our journey, on to more eating, dinner yesterday with Paige and Greg again at Prime 7.

The tour of Khasab, Oman, was dismal.  We did not see much, but the intrigue is that this port city sits close to Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, where most of the oil passes. As the U.S. and allies have sanctioned Iran, this country needs to smuggle items to survive.  Khasab is 20 miles from Iran, and happens to be one of the prime ports that do this.   We will be back to tour Muscat in two days.  Note that Oman is split with the United Arab Emirates in between.
See that lonely tree at the top?  It's a Ghat Tree, the national tree of Fujairah.  You would think the date palm would be more important.  However, this tree can live through harsh times, and if alive, should lead you to water.
That's about all worth writing about.  Returned to the ship and had dinner at Compass Rose of escargot, truffles dumplings and Cremé Brûlée with cheeses and a glass of Port.

Then off to dancing with the G-Clef Duo.

This morning, the usual breakfast with a Bloody Mary,

If you remarked...I must be gaining weight.  Yup.

Off on our next tour through Fujairah.  Blue-bar Pigeon and friends greeted us, and said goodbye at the end.
Between those photos, we saw forts and mosques.
To me, fort stops are boring.  That mosque is the second largest in the UAE, and is called the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, similar to the one in Abu Dhabi, but slightly smaller.  Only holds 28,000 prayers at one time.  Also, this one skips the Grand.  



I like colorful sunflowers, blue flowers...and that aloe plant was huge.  Below, I took the top photo, went into the bus, and saw a person with our tour buy a rug.  It was the one next to the pinkish one, and must be five feet across.  He paid $80, which I thought was a bargain.
Got back at 3PM and, as we dine tonight at Chartreuse, only had one long frankfurter, with a beer and German reisling.

Tomorrow, we visit Muscat, Oman.

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