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Climbing Mount Sinai  
   

Climbing Mount Sinai

Erika drags her mum up a mountain for the first time ever.
A Month in the Wilderness - Aqaba to Cairo

March 19th 2006
Our last day in Jordan was supposed to be "easy downhill' riding; from Wadi Rum down to Aqaba on the Red Sea. But then every Jordanian we had met during our time there informed us the road we were taking was "easy" and "downhill", usually also having no clue as to the distances. We were even once told by the police that it was "easy, only 2km and downhill all the way". Needless to say 10km of uphi ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

Egyptian Flag 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
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