Dahab and Mt. Sinai

September 17, 2009

So this past weekend was absolutely amazing! Wednesday night, we all packed onto a bus and headed out for an overnight trip. We arrived at Mount Sinai at 2 in the morning and started out on a hike. We hiked for about 2 and a half hours til we got to the top of the mount and we were there for the sunrise. That was absolutely spectacular. Then we hiked down and headed out to Dahab.

I don’t think that I will be able to call any place beautiful again after seeing Dahab and the Red Sea. It was easily the most beautiful view I have ever seen. The blue was deeper and clearer than anyone could imagine. We went snorkeling at a place called the Blue Hole. It is a reef that forms a hole about 20 meters wide and hundreds of feet down. The coral was in every color imaginable with fish and sea turtles. In the background you have the red mountains of the Sinai Peninsula. Across the sea you are able to see the Saudi Arabian shore. It was majestic!

We spent the majority of Friday there and just walking the beaches. We had dinner on the roof of a restaurant under the moon. Then we left Saturday and made it home late that night.

Things have gotten extremely busy this past week. Once we got back we had lecture after lecture and our readings have piled up. We have so many readings and papers that it is getting to be overwhelming with trying to do all of it and take in Egypt at the same time. Hopefully we can get it all done.

Tonight we are leaving for Luxor on an overnight train. We are there for the weekend so I should have some pics from that sometime next week. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

Maa Salaama