Mount Sinai, Egypt

May 2002

Continuing our biblical tour of the middle-east, we travelled to Mount Sinai where Moses came down with the ten commandments.  After 2-3 hours walking (and stumbling, and tripping, and gasping for breath) in the dark, we reached the summit of Mount Sinai. There, we spent a cold night on the top of the mountain huddling together to watch the sun come up the next day.  Didn't see god or any burning bushes and certainly didn't come back down with any tablets ... but we did watch a lovely sunrise. 

Afterwards, we walked down the mountain and checked out St Catherine's Monastery and the Greek orthodox monks walking around outside. 

Anyway here's the pictures.

Sunrise.

The church at the top of Mount Sinai.

St Catherine's Monastery.

The crew from the the big white truck.  I'm lying on the ground in front in the blue shirt.

Next:

Egypt, 1. Red Sea, 2. Mount Sinai, 3. Cairo, 4. Luxor, 5. Aswan