Mt Sinai, the mountain of Moses and the ten commandments, is an optional bolt on for those adventures enough to do it. The tour for a Mt Sinai sunrise began at 10:30pm, jumping on the bus for a 2 hour bus ride to the base at St Catherine's Monastery. Thus begun a hike from 1500m to 2400m around 1:00am ish which concluded around 4:00am ish. The hike is broken up into roughly four sections, the first three very similar, medium level semi rocky incline path. The last, 700+ steps , reasonably steep, to the mountain top. Camels taxi are available for those not so willing to walk, and regular coffee stalls are also available at many points. The hike was tougher than expected, one due to the irregular time, (normally sleeping) and two, very cold, 2-3
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