Friday was a big driving day. We packed up early and headed out on the bus, across Giza and Cairo, off to the Sinai Peninsula. We crossed under the Suez Canal.
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| Check point to go under the Suez Canal | |
| Two of the twelve wells can be seen here, and the settlement behind it | |
| Supper at the monastery – that’s George in blue & beige on the left, looking away, his wife Donna at the far end in pink, and of course me on the right staring into the camera (as I was told!) | |
| Camels waiting for customers, partway up the trail, in the dark! | |
| Camels can be smelly, noisy beasts – I saw one biting another one to annoy it – wonder if the first camel insulted the second one’s mother? | |
| Summit dwellers huddling below the mosque | |
| Summit dwellers huddling along the south side of the chapel | |
| Here I am, on the west side of the summit – the one where you could actually find a place to stand. The sun seekers are weighing down the east side. | |
| The sun comes up just in time! | |
| Folks lined the ridges facing east | |
| Steps near the summit down to the first coffee / refreshment stand | |
| More of the steps, further down from the summit. Goes through a rock cut! | |
| Burning bush, long since extinguished, thankfully | |
| Likeness of the golden calf? (in stone about 3/4 up in picture) |