After ten jam-packed days of touring Egypt, Eric & I need some chill time. And of course, chill time for us involves sampling some of the local fare.
We enjoy a nice Bedouin lunch consisting of fuul, which is stewed fava beans mixed with onion & spices, as well as a tomato & cucumber salad, ‘aish / pita bread and melon.
We do have a laugh when the cook brings out the salad, to which he’s taken the liberty of adding tuna, and then tries to convince us that, it too is a traditional Bedouin dish…
Fuul? Yes. ‘Aish? Yes. Salad? Yes.
But tuna? Come on – we just saw you open the can…
Of course our down time only lasts a couple of hours, before Eric and I are eager to do something.
We chat with the camp owner about hiring a guide for a sunrise walk up Mt. Sinai and he points out that a sunset walk is nicer, warmer, a lot less crowded and if we want, he can get us a guide within the hour…
So we say “okay”.
Well, he wasn’t lying… the hike is spectacular!
Our guide Arif takes us the long way up, through valleys and over hills, and makes sure we have plenty of time to stop and enjoy the quiet.
And when we finally make it up the 700+ steps to the top and stare out over the desert, like Moses, the first words out of our mouths are also “oh my God”.
Of course, unlike Moses the only tablets we’ve carried to the top are anti-histamines.
And the best part?
Instead of sharing the experience with a 1000 other people like you would at sunrise, we share it with maybe 20 others, which is far more tranquil if you ask me.
What an awesome day…
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