Sunrise over the Red Sea

Crossing the Red Sea to our paradise beach in Sinai

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June 24th 2006
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 con ... 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