Day 101

Location: Cairo, Egypt

I arrived into Egypt the other day noon via hydofoil.  The actual journey from Jordan to Egypt usually would not take more than 2-2.5 hours but the damn local hydrofoil takes a bloody lifetime to get going.  Then there’s the crazy chaos afterwards with everyone trying to get their things.  The stuff people transport to Egypt…why?  To work slightly backwards, since I’ve arrived in Egypt I went to Dehab I’ve snorkelled in the Red Sea (the one Moses parted when he fled Egypt to the Holy Land).  I must say it’s one of the nicest snokelling/diving locations EVER.  The coral was healthy and colorful and went directly to the shore and the water was AZUL blue.  All the colorful fish surrounded me, it was awesome.  This morning I woke up at 1:30 AM to go climb Mt. Sinai.  Anyone semi-familiar with biblical history, it is the mountain that Moses climbed to receive the Ten Commandments.  The climb was NOT a killer.  The thing that almost destroyed me was getting up there at 4:30 AM to wait until 6:30 for the sun to rise in the deadly cold.  It was well worth it though, even with my bum knees sorely in pain.  Tomorrow I’m off to the Pyramids and the Egyptian Museum.

Jump back to my stay in Jordan.  I arrived in Amman and the next day I went to the Citadel where I saw the tallest Roman pillars.  The next morning I went to Manada Church to see the mosaic floor (to be completely honest, I’m not all into Mosaics so I couldn’t care less about that venture).  What I was stoke about was visiting Mount Nebo, the mountain where Moses saw the Holy Land.  Then I went to the salt shore where there stood apparently Lot’s wife.  If you don’t know the story, God told Lot to flee the city with his family but dare not turn around or face consequences.  His wife did not follow the directions and turned around to look at the falling city just to turn into a salt statue.   FYI, I’m into biblical history and Jordan contains a crapload of biblical monuments so it was a pleasure visiting the country.  Race forward I went to the Dead Sea and floated as everyone does because the Sea contains so much salt, everything floats, and nothing can survive in it (hence the name).  And the big dog was finally seeing Petra, the reason I originally decided to visit Jordan.  It’s much more than the Treasury everyone sees in pictures.  It’s a vast area in the mountains and truly deserve it’s New 7 Wonder of the World status.  After that experience I stayed at a supposed Bedouin camp but it was really fake and touristy.  Highlight was a 1 hour camel ride.  Didn’t hurt as people said.  And there I go.  I’ve surpassed the 100 Day mark.  Adios!

~ by kimtravels on January 11, 2009.