Egypt

Well in May of this I went to Egypt with some friends. Had amazing time with On-the-Go tours. The tour company looked after us so well. And Egypt was fantastic. It is awesome finally seeing the pyramids and temples which you learnt about in primary school. And yes that is me in the baking hot egyptian sun. Temperatures never below 35 C.

• And yes I did go for a camel ride. And no I didn't enjoy it. They are awful animals!!!!!! You are sitting about 3m or more from the ground, much higher then a horse. But you don't feel safe like on a horse. The camel sways from side to side as it walks. You feel like you are going to fall off. And when the camel gets up, first it is the back legs that go up. So you are sliding forwards then the front so you are sliding backwards. And getting down is the same except your camel might not want to go down!!! Mine didn't it was hissing and spitting I thought it was going to blot into the dessert.

When in Dahab we had a day well night trip to Mt Sinai. At 11pm we left the hotel to travel 2 hours to the base of Mt Sinai. After police checks we starting climbing the mountain. Some people took camels up but we stayed safe and just walked up. There were lots of people walking up. All along the way were coffee shops selling coke, snack food and coffee. Then we got to the bottom of the 750 stairs . And what a mission to climb them. Finally got there hired a blanket for 10 egyptian pounds and found our spot on the side of the mountain. In all it took 2 1/2 hours to climb. We saw the sunrise at 5.40am. But any great spiritual encounter never happen. Maybe because everyone was going "wow! what a sunrise." "I'm straving pass the crisps." But still it was amazing being on the mountain that Moses received the 10 commandments. Then we had the walk down the mountain side to the church at the bottom to see the burning bush of Moses! I kid you not. Looked like any old bush to me. But the monks who live there very strongly believe it is the actual burning bush.

Here is the bush. You can make your own mind up!