Saint Catherine's Monastery

Sinai Mountains and Saint Catherine's Monastery

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December 6th 2006
The Penguin hotel in Dahab offered a return minibus transfer to the St. Catherine's monastery for LE75 per person. The price level was more or less the same at all tour agency and taking a taxi for the return trip would have been significantly more expensive so I was happy to book the tour at my hotel. We left Dahab early in the morning since the monastery is only open from 9 to 12am and actual ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai

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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