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I thus had an opportunity not only to visit Cairo , but also to take a run out to the Pyramids and the Sphinx . As a matter of fact we remained at Suez nearly a fortnight , awaiting our skipper 's return , when we hove up our anchor and proceeded down the Gulf of Suez into the Red Sea , duly noting Mount Sinai on our port hand as we passed it . I am not writing this story as a mere diary of travel , and will therefore push on as rapidly as possible to the point where the real living interest of the voyage began , contenting myself with a mere brief reference to the various spots at which we touched . We took eight days to make the passage to Aden , where we arrived early on a certain morning , leaving at five o'clock the same afternoon , after a visit to the famous Tanks . Our next port of call was Zanzibar , whence we proceeded to Durban , in Natal . From Durban we proceeded to Mauritius , remaining in Port Louis harbour two days to permit of a visit to that extraordinary natural curiosity , the Peter Botte Mountain . From Mauritius we sailed for Colombo .