Final Day in Egypt
Tomorrow we are going to be leaving Egypt and heading back to Sydney, so it is probably time I do one final post.
After Luxor we flew to Sharm El-Sheikh (world famous for its phenomenal diving) which is in the far east of Egypt. In fact this place falls in the continent of Asia and is located right on the Red Sea. After checking into our hotel we went for a snorkel which was spectacular, with hundreds of fish of all different colours swimming metres away from your face. Also of note the water in the Red Sea is extremely salty, which makes it really easy to float in the water. Then it was back to our room as we were told that we were going to need the rest.
Then at 11pm we boarded our bus and had a three hour ride. Our destination was the base of Mt Sinai and our goal was it climb to the top (3,000 metres above sea level) to watch the sun rise. To give you a bit of history Mt. Sinai is famous for a not only being one of the most wonderful peaks on this side of the world, the top of the mountain is the place where Moses received ‘The Ten Commandments’ as well as saw the ‘burning bush’.
At 2:30am we began our ascent up the mountain. The first part was easy as it involved a moonlit camel ride under thousands of stars, it was truly magic! Half way up the mountain it was goodbye to my trusty camel as the rest had to be on foot. I might add that it was pretty dark and total freezing (zero degrees at the top).
We reached the top around 5:30am and rugged up waiting for the sun to warm the sky. Finally it did what it does best and boy was it spectacular!! Here are a couple of pics…
OK, now I will quickly summarise the tail end of our trip. From Sharm El-Sheikh it was back to Cairo where we had a private tour of the Egyptian Museum (very cool), the Palace of Prince Mohammed Ali Tawfiq and Old Cairo. Also we did some shopping at the Cairo Bazaar and today we went on day trip to Alexandria - a city named after Alexandra The Great which sits right on the Mediterranean Sea.
All in all our entire trip to Egypt has been brilliant… In the next two weeks I will aim to have a whole lot of the best pic put into the photo gallery so stay tuned.
