Day 8 Today we leave the Sinai and head off to Cairo. The journey takes about 6 hours. We travel under the suize canal and after about an hour we see the vast expanse of Cairo stretching out in front of us. The whole of Cairo seems to be under construction with buildings half built and rubble every where. It is very hot and the roads are mad. We arrive at the hotel and it is the best so far. We check in and all head out for something to eat. We stop at a resta...

Day 7 Still got an upset stomach but not as bad as yesterday. Going to attempt some breakfast today as iv not really eaten in the last 2 days. 08:30 we leave the beach camp and head towards Mt sinai, I will see how I feel when we get there and decide then if I'm going to do the climb. We arrive at the hotel at Mt Sinai drop our stuff off and head out to St Catharines monastery. This is the place legend has it that the burning bush is now kept and the monaster...

Day 6 Didn't sleep very well last night I have gone down with Pharaohs revenge. Tried the sage tea I brought in Aqaba and that didn't work. Most of the day I have slept hoping that my stomach will be better tomorrow for the climb up Mt Sinai.

Day 5 20/07/11 Today I woke at 05:00 to watch the sun rise over the mountains of Wadi Rum. We have a breakfast of pitta bread , jam and honey but I just have the coffee. 07:30 we set off heading toward Aqaba to catch the ferry over to Egypt. It is our last day with out guild Mohammed and on arriving in Aqaba we head to a hotel to meet a travel rep who will sort out our tickets. We pull up outside the hotel but there are no free parking spaces apart from an ar...

Day 4 19/07/11 This morning is a chill out morning. Had breakfast and packed and spent my free time sorting out the photos and making the most of our last chance to get online for a few days. This afternoon we head off to Wadi Rum. We drive to Wadi Rum and change our vehicle to a jeep and then we set off on our new adventure. The landscape here is so barron but at the same time totally beautiful. The sand is a deep terracotta colour with small plants scattere...