Today we are passing through the straights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates. As I write, we can see the coast of Iran from our balcony window. It is a bit too hazy for a photo but as you can see, our TV tells us exactly where we are. The straights are only 40 miles wide and are very important as they carry around 40% of the oil used in the west (from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE). 

It is another sea day as it will take about 33 hours to get from Muscat, our port of call yesterday, to Abu Dhabi where we should arrive at 08.00 tomorrow, Saturday. The weather remains good and we are catching up with our laundry !!  After Abu Dhabi it will be Dubai and then we will be heading south for India.