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In one of the local shops, up on Mt Sinai  
   

In one of the local shops, up on Mt Sinai

They offered tea and coffee.
Dahab: desert and sea

March 25th 2009
The bus to Dahab was long and uncomfortable. 16 hours buses tend to be like that anyway, so no surprises there. The Sinai Peninsula is as barren as any desert land. Mountains fill your sight, but the kind of mountains that makes your mouth go dry. Only shrubs grow in the mountains, and only goats eat them. The people who used to be the original inhabitants here are the Bedouins, but since the a ... read more
Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

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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