Our coffee break

Conquering Mt Sinai

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February 17th 2009
We were up early this morning for our trip to St Catherine and Mount Sinai. With our boxed breakfasts from the hotel and passport in hand (there are security checkpoints everywhere in Egypt) we headed off with our driver in a van. The first stop was the “Tourism and Antiquities Police” office in town to clear the details of our trip. From there we took a road that led straight out town and tow ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Sinai » Dahab

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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