The Ten Commandments (according to His-Dudeness)


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March 4th 2017
Published: March 4th 2017
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Marsa Alam is one of the best spots to dive along Egypt’s Red Sea coast, at least so I had read. What it failed to mention is that the town itself is a bit of a hole. I can handle holes though, but this particular hole seems to cater to restaurants that present you with one menu when ordering your food, and another one with different prices when you want to pay your bill. It happened twice, in t... Read Full Entry



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St. Katherine's Monastery

In times of trouble, monks left and came via those wooden structures which were used as primitive lifts
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St. Katherine's Monastery

Bell Tower and Church of Transfiguration
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St. Katherine's Monastery

Outer walls were built by the Byzanine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century
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View towards Al-Milga on my hike towards Mount Sinai
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There she is
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View from the top
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I made it!
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More views
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A small chapel and a small mosque mark the top
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Chapel and surroundings
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Red light of sunset
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The sun setting with to the left, Sinai's highest mountain, Mount Katherine
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Suez Canal at dusk
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Suez Canal House
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French mansions in Port Fuad
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Quayside
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Faded glory
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Colonial elegance
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Street scene



7th March 2017

The Eleventh Commandment
Taketh thou a stone tablet and writeth thou blog upon it...for thou memories are precious...and the food is good.
7th March 2017

:)
Phew, writing my blog on a stone tablet would be really hard, and how to render the pictures? Hieroglyphs perhaps?

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