St. Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine

After a quick nap on the ferry ride, I arrive to the Nuweiba port in Egypt and am quickly shuffled off the boat. Now its dark, unlike if I caught the boat 7 hours ago, but anyways I need to get my full visa on shore and then return to the boat to get my passport back. Simple enough yet I have no idea where to go and no one gives me great directions …

... God killed him before he reached Israel. Climbing back down, surrounded by Russian pilgrims, we had a quick view of St. Catherine's Monastery and the burning bush's descendent, actually a bramble, a Rubus, a cousin of the blackberry.  The Greek ...

... or by making the climb around 3 a.m.  We decided we didn't want to do either of these things and made our way to the monastery around 4 p.m.  As we came to the entrance of the park we were informed by a guard that we had to pay 85 pounds for a ...

... were told dinner would be at 10. Lunch had been at 4 that day. After a very quick dinner, we proceeded to St. Catherine's monastery. The monastery is the place where the burning bush is located. It is a very beautiful building, but I could not go ...

... dry desert land is definitely not flat. Huge multi-colored mountains and rocks make up the rugged landscape. We stayed at a hotel near St. Catherine's monastery at the foot of Mt Sinai. Then, wake-up call on Thursday was 2am to begin the hike up Mt. ...

... it may burn and speak again. Bedouin law decrees that all groups must have a local guide when touring the grounds of St. Catherine's Monastery. Upon entry, a guide is randomly assigned to each group. Luckily for us, we were matched up with a 17 year old ...

... Canal, motor into the heart of the Sinai Peninsula, find new digs in the desert, ascend Mt Sinai, trek downward to St Catherine's Monastery, venture across the peninsula to the port of Neweiba (Nuweiba), take the ferry over to Aqaba, trundle about town, ...

... It is cool at Mt. Sinai. We are at about 1500 meters and the air is crisp.  We are staying at St Catherine's hotel, near St Catherine's monastery.  And we are in the middle of nowhere.  We get a good lunch with a couple of eggplant salads, ...

... escapade of the night....our climb of Mount Sinai. After checking out of Morgan Land's Hotel, the group headed towards Saint Catherine's Monastery being very close by for our guided visit. The Monastery being located at the foot of Mount Sinai, Moses ...

... into at 12:15am - a full 24 hours since I struggled out the day before! What an epic day it was: climbed a mountain in Egypt, drove to the Red Sea, boarded a ferry to Jordan, passed through border controls of both countries, drove a good distance from ...

... -hour drive from Cairo, under the Suez Canal and out across the rocky desert, to the Sinai Penninsula and the town of St. Catherine. Those in touch with your Christian scriptures might remember the story of Moses and the Burning Bush. Well, St. ...