Be like Moses

After two nights of no sleep, it's time to blog.

After taking a 16 hour bus ride from Luxor, I arrived in Dahab, the backpackers paradise of Egypt. Dahab it filled with hostels, chillout restaurants by the sea, a few bars and shops. Every backpacker ends up here at one point or another, and it seems no one wants to leave. It's also a hot-spot for scuba diving and windsurfing.

After spending the day strolling around town, followed by a great seafood dinner, i departed at 11pm for a night hike up Mt. Sinai. The hike started at 2am, and i reached the summit at around 4 or so in time for the sunrise. As the story goes, this is the place where God gave Moses the Commandments...now it's packed with Polish and Russian tourists. After the sunrise, everyone headed downhill to visit St. Catherine's Monastery which is the site where Moses spoke to God via a burning bush. There's a bush within the monastery which is apparently a descendant of the original bush...although im not sure if the have conducted any bush DNA tests to verify this...i guess for many, faith is enough, as everyone was lining up to touch it (including myself).


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