St. Katherine's

Seemed fun to create my own little travel blog. Thinking no one would read it anyway, I'd write whatever I liked. Now I'll just go on doing so since one or two have taken a peek and I didn't hear anybody groan - yet. Destinations: Clédat, Dordogne, ...

We now left Ain Hundra behind and set off by camel to meet the Land Cruiser and then continue on to St. Katherine's Monastery.  There was a large group of camels outside Ain Hundra, two of which were for us and the rest for a large group that must ...

... it's history & their beliefs. They then visited Cairo's largest market. 08/02 - Early start today with a 7 hour drive to St Katherine. Luckily I was feeling better! On the way we crossed under the Suez Canal which joins Africa & Asia. When you ...

... was a full moon at night so it was pretty easy getting back down the mountain.   The next morning we visited St Katherine's monastery to see the burning bush (well apparently it's actually a descendant of the original burning bush). It was ...

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... our bus to St. Katherine Village.  After an hour drive to St. Katherine we checked into our hotel and then headed over to St. Katherine's monastery which is located at the foot of Mt. Sinai.  It is also the supposed location of the burning bush. ...

... out instantly. After washing off all the sweat and dust the next morning, everyone packed up and the bus dropped us off at St Katherine's monastery. Comment #9: Far too many people were in that monastery, but the candles made up for it. There were some ...

... if needed. They didn't seem to check the camel's documentation however... Up we went into the hills, eventually reaching St Katherine's after a couple of hours hard driving. It lays in a desert valley overlooking a small settlement below (called ...

... of stars to light the way. Used flashlights only when necessary during the 2 hour descent. It was a magnificent experience to do this. We were too tired to enjoy much of our dinner at 10:30 PM and slept well at the Daniella Hotel at St. ...

... to the spiritual experience.  Afterwards we walked down an alternate route and this time down 3000 stairs to get to the St Katherine monastery where we saw the burning bush from the Bible (Apparently this bush was replanted using clippings from the ...