Climbing Mt Sinai

Mt Sinai

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December 16th 2006
Moses is awesome. I totally have respect for the guy now. I mean he was old when he climbed Mount Sinai. And there were no tea/coffee shops for him to stop at either. Fantastic. Starting nice and early in the morning we drove from Cairo to St Catherine, Sinai, stopping to view the Suez Canal and a couple of toilets. For those of you who are concerned, the toilets in Sinai are a distinct ... 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