Blogs from Sinai, Egypt, Africa - page 26

The other significant stop while staying in Dahab was a moonlit hiking ascent to the summit of Mt. Sinai. I've always wanted to visit the spot where Moses received the 10 commandments - twice! as well as walk around the same desert that the israelites wondered for 40 years - no wonder they complained - we were all pleased to return to the sea after only a few hours of being away! We reached the top at 4am along with many other hikers, bedoins and camels, and pulled out the sleeping bags to nap for a couple of hours on a jutting cliff before watching the sunrise from the summit. At the base of the mountain is St. Katherine's monastery. Considered to be the second most important religious site in Christianity following the Vatican. Here, we ... read more

Sunday July 23, 2006 - Well, I slept terribly and arrived in Dahab in a less than good mood. Met at the station by reps of the hotel the Canadians had recommended, so I went there. There was no room for me yet, so I waited 30 minutes while they cleaned one. Afterwards I got a shower and went for a walk around. Everything is pretty much at the water front and very touristy. I decided I didn't like it immediately. Even though everyone loves it here. There is no real beach, so I couldn't figure out what to do or where to go, unless you went to one of the many restaurants with cushions to relax on. But this isn't my style. I walked the length of Dahab and then back after some internet (air-con!) ... read more

We woke up early to catch the high speed ferry from Hurghada to Sharm El Sheik. It took 90 minutes by ferry to reach the Sinai Peninsula. After arriving in Sharm El Sheik we were met by a van which took us on a 4 hour ride to our beach camp in Nuweiba. We arrived at our beach camp called Sawa. It consisted of a main open air restaurant and beach huts right next to the water. The beach huts consisted of a cement slab with a lightly constructed frame with palm leaves covering the roof. Inside was a a few small carpets and a mattress on the floor but the best part was that you were only 30 feet from the water. There was no internet or phones available in the area and we were ... read more

This one is a long time coming....We left Egypt almost a month ago and are now settling down in London for a bit of a long haul. Egypt was a country full of beauty, mystery, heat, annoyances, and stunning scenery. Once again, we are so going back there. We started in Cairo and arrived at about 9:30pm and the heat hit us as soon as we stepped off the plane. The flight was delayed by about 2 hours so we were wondering if our taxi driver from the hostel we had booked would still be there, thank goodness he was cause as soon as we walked out of the airport we were bombarded with people wanting to "help" us and take our bags to their taxis etc... We arrived that night and arranged to go on ... read more

Well, as everyone else... hehehe... we need some vacation too, we were traveling in a strong pace and visiting places was becoming boring because we were always tired. So we decided to stop in a relaxing place for more than only three days, the chosen place is Dahab in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. I know you may think we are crazy because in the last 24 of May were some terrorists attacks here. But the place is great and cheaper than many other places we have been before. We pay less than two US Dollars for the night in the hotel. There is many great diving and snorkeling places... yes, this is the famous red sea.... where we can sea a great diversity of big fishes, including turtles, moreias, araias, dolphins, Sharks, Lion fishes and ... read more