4th June 2010 Up at 2.45am to visit Abu Simbel. We had a three hour bus trip in a police convoy for safety reasons. The first and last buses have armed police men on board for protection. There was a magnificent sun rise over the desert. We arrived at Abu Simbel and guarding the entrance to the temple, were 4 colossal statues of Ramses II sitting majestically staring out across the desert. The twin temples - Temple of Ramses and Temple of Queen Nefert...

2nd June 2010 Up at the crack of dawn for 12 hour drive through the desert and Oasis to the Nubian side of the Nile. Our first sighting of the Nile was the impressive Aswan Bridge. We stayed in a local Nubian house in the courtyard and had a Nubian traditional meal. The Nubians were to be our guides over the next few days. Under the stars again tonight. The Nubian women painted henna tattoos on our hands. 3rd June 2010 Our Nubian hosts take us on a ...

31st May 2010 Leaving the Black Desert behind we drove to Bahariza Village for supplies, It was really dirty. Had lunch in a private property near the white desert. We continued our journey to the White Desert. The chalk-white landscape is strewn with alien shapes, boulders of brilliant white which thrust up from the surface of the desert. Many of the formations are given descriptive names - sculpted by the harsh desert winds into weird shapes which constan...

30th May 2010 We met the new travellers (Debbie, Nathan and Jasmine Holloway, Deidre Tarrant, Sharon and her daughter Tenille, Ross Effler from Canada, Anna and Beckie, Fleur and her Mum) Packed and loaded the truck heading for the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza. Absolutely breathtaking. The Pyramids of Giza consist of the Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a ...

28th May 2010 Packed up and spent the day at the beach snorkelling and relaxing. We then headed into the Sinai to visit Mt Sinai 7498ft. Mt Sinai is where Moses reputedly saw the 'burning bush', which he considered to be a sign. Prompted by this he climbed the mountain returning at sunrise with the Ten Commandments. We followed in his footsteps - returning at sunrise with my own commandments. We started our climb at 10pm with our guides. About half way I ...