St. Catherine's Reliquary

The Sunrise from Mount Sinai

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October 1st 2009
Tonight is my last night in Dahab, and one of my last in Egypt, so I am marking the occasion with banana pancakes on the beach (they are the local breakfast specialty, but I have been getting up so dang early I have never made it to breakfast). I have gone ‘local’ too- dining in flip flops, swimsuit, and cover-up. It is probably a good thing I am leaving tomorrow or, next thing you know, I wil ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more