Feb 13

Pass Bitter Lake, on to Great Bitter Lake, where I find the two Italian battlewagons I am looking for, "eating humble pie" in Bitter Lake. 

Drive on to Ismailia. Enter town along small canal filled with feluccas. 

Main Entry: feˇlucˇca 
Pronunciation: f&-'lü-k&, -'l&-k&
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian feluca
Date: 1615
: a narrow fast lateen-rigged sailing vessel chiefly of the Mediterranean area

More fellucas.

 Approaching Port Said see observation balloon fall in fire and long trail of smoke. 

 Sea brilliant to North, Take ancient chain, ferry to Asia Minor, Port Fouad. Back, and drive by Kipling's "hellhole of Arab quarters."