Mount Sinai, Egypt

Mount Sinai is best known as the place where Moses was handed down the twelve commandments.

At the ungodly hour of 1:30am our tour group was awakened in order prepare ourselves for the climb.

After a quick coffee we were off and ready begin the trek. At the base we were offered the possibility of riding a camel up. Of course taking a camel up would relieve me of all my street cred. The challenging uphill climb of 7km took us about 2 hours. Word to the wise, watch out for the camel shit when it's pitch black. Many of you may be wondering why we set off so early. By leaving so early we were climbing the mountain when the weather is cool rather then roasting like a thanksgiving day turkey. Temperatures during the day will easily hit 30+ degrees Celsius. Finally at 6ish the sun peaked it's head out from the horizon and our sunrise was born. Magnificent...

I only have a couple of days left in Egypt and then it's off to India. Can I get one more order of culture shock to go??

Yours truly,
-Jonathan