The hike up Mt. Sinai started around 2:00am and we reached the top before 5am. Basically a dusty camel trail up to the top. There are lots of people climbing of various nationalities. Some who find it too difficult can commandeer a camel to carry them up most of the way. There are little tea/drink huts along the way. You have to be careful because when the camels pass you on the path, you really want to make sure you are on the inside of the path.
Up near the top, you must climb up stone steps to a little church like building on the top. They rent out mattresses and blankets if you feel the need to keep warm up there. There were some nuns singing as the sun was rising. Everyone takes photos and watches the sun rise from the top. After we descend to St. Katherine's Monastery. They have a bush which they say is a descendent of the original burning bush. I took a photo with it.
Once done that, the hotel arranged a bus for a few of us to take our luggage directly to Nuweiba. This is to catch the ferry to Aqaba, Jordan. It was late, kind of frustrating, but oh well. Glad I got Mt. Sinai in when I had the chance. So I am splitting a room with Bojan, a phd engineering student at Laval University. He and I just had dinner. It was too late to go to Petra today, so we crashed here. The plan is to take a bus to Petra in the morning. We will see.
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