Road Trip

[Tribunus]

Road Trip 1 of 9

This trip has me leaving Africa and traveling all the way to Southwest Asia.

Sounds impressive, right?

In reality, all I did was drive to Suez and take the tunnel that goes under the Suez Canal.

My destination for this trip is Mount Sinai, which is down in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, with a few side trips of course.

Heading south from Suez, I made a stop at Ain Musa, the Springs of Moses. This is said to be the spot where Moses and the Israelites camped after crossing the Red Sea into Sinai. The water was too brackish to drink, until Moses threw a piece of wood into it and it became drinkable. There are only these two wells here now, and some shacks with people selling souvenirs. Other than that there was not much else to see.

Back on the road again, I head south and then east into the interior of the Sinai, to get to St. Katherine

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Road Trip 2 of 9

I was up at 1 AM and had a cup of thick, almost syrupy Turkish coffee, and was on my way. I got to St. Katherine

[Rattler]

VERY cool, mate! I wish that I could go and see some of those sights some day.

I'd also like to check out the Bar Lev line and 1973 Yom Kippur War battle sights; well the 1967 stuff too. I've always been very interested in the Middle East wars between Israel and the Arabs.

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Road Trip 3 of 9

The view after the sun was up was truly amazing. As you can see I had plenty of company.

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Road Trip 4 of 9

Since I climbed at night, I don

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Road Trip 5 of 9

More pictures of the climb up.

The view from here is hard describe, you almost feel like you

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Road Trip 6 of 9

If anything the view going back down is even more impressive than the view going up. You have this unbelievable panorama spread out before you.

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Road Trip 7 of 9

Some more pictures of the way down.

As you are about to reach the trail head, St. Katherine

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Road Trip 8 of 9

St. Katherine

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Road Trip 9 of 9

This was a fascinating trip. The scenery was spectacular and the centuries of history all in one spot is mind boggling. But I had to head back to Cairo. In hindsight, this was too much to try and do in one weekend. I had been up since 1 AM and I was beat when I pulled out around noon to drive home. This really needs to be a three day trip.

I can

[Sid]

Stunning views, cheers for sharing. Historic doesn't seem the right word to describe the sites....can't think of an appropriate one though.

[Tribunus]

Historic doesn't seem the right word to describe the sites....

Well, it

[Blairgowrie]

That was a classic shot of the archway.

[Snacko]

Fantastic trip and pictures Trib!

I just wish you could have hidden one of your secret spy cameras in an apple or something and got some pics inside that chapel! But alas, the pics you do have are great!

[Pooka]

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed the tour from Wisconsin.

Pooka

[Jediteo]

Excellent pictures Tribunus. I really enjoy your little travel stories. Must quite quite a feeling looking at that kinda history. Truly remarkable.

A big S! to you.

[T_O_A_D]

Nice trip, Thanks for the tour.

[Bacon]

Very cool man. Thanks for sharing. I hope you remembered you weren't Moses and kept your wood out of the water.

[BadAim]

Thanks mate, I hope one day to go there too. Your photography is excellent BTW. Should I one day make it to the Holy Land, I'll look you up.

[erco]

Wow! Thanks for sharing that! If'n it were me, I'd have a hankerin' to climb Mt. Serbal now. Amazing about the one legged chap.

I love the stuff you post about Egypt- even a trip to the corner store is eye opening.

[Sweper]

Salute Tribunus! Thanks for sharing amazing description and pics. Really enjoying reading your Road Trips.

Swep

[Kimosabi]

Very cool! Yeah, that climb looked like a challenge. Great pics.

~S~

[DD_asas]

great pics and trip.

[Painless]

~S~ Trib,

Great story and excellent pictures, thank's for sharing M8.

"7 of 9" has to be my favorite !!! LOL

~S~ Painless