Sunset on Sinai

TO SINAI

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April 23rd 2009
17 April. We traveled east into the Sinai Peninsula, driving UNDER the Suez Canal. The sinai is (of course) the desert where the Israelites wandered for 40 years on their way to the promised land. It's dry and rocky, with beautiful colors in the mountains and a clear turquoise blue sky. We stayed near the St. Katherine's Monastery, which is named for a Catholic saint who was martyred, and whos ... 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