Trekking up Mt Sinai late at night to see the sunrise was really something.....We arrived at the bottom of the mountain around 8pm...then it was all hands to work to cook tea, clean up and set off for the top of the mountain. Finally, housework all done, w set forth. It was 10:30pm (or thereabouts) before we finally got underway for the 2-3 hour trek...... To camel or not to camel??? That was the question. Would our knees and thigh muscle manage unaided?? Being determined to do it under my own steam I decided not to camel it. I think that perhaps that decision, will turn out to be one of the best ones I have made, for that experience - the walk up in the moonlight, on those bare narrow ledges, stripped back to
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