Port Said is the entrance for ships entering the Suez Canal. Many times I would catch a helicopter out to rigs from the helibase just up the road. And sit there for hours waiting on a chopper. A couple of times I was dropped in town for the day and overnighted due to delays. Being a duty free port there is a gantry to enter the city by car. But along the beach there is no demarcation line to show where the duty free port finishes. I was out running along the beach and could see fishermen hauling boats ahead of me so assumed all was fine. Next I heard a loud “STOP!!!” I kept running then heard the bolt of a rifle. Looked around and a soldier had stood up out of his fox hole. I figured at that stage I’d crossed the duty free line. I turned around and headed back. The soldier having proved his pointed disappeared back into his foxhole. A car ferry runs continuously back and forth across the canal to the sister city, Port Faud. As ships enter pilot tugs meet each one and a pilot joins the ship to guide the next stage of the voyage. Agents also meet each ship with provisions and mail. Some of the provisions hauled up by rope. All carried out while the ships continue on. I also found a couple of war memorials in town. One to the Australian and New Zealand forces from World War 1. The New Zealand inscription complete with spelling mistake. Many eucalypt trees line the canals in the area. Maybe they were planted much later.