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Moon Beach Resort on the Gulf of Suez. Little sign of windsurfers
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Our colourful pink bus parked up by the roadside on the way through Sinai
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A wadi high up in the Sinai mountains
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The road to St Katherine's Monastery passes through an oasis in the Sinai mountains
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Sun blazing over the horizon, as dawn breaks on Mt Sinai
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Crowds awaiting the dawn atop Mount Sinai
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The summit of Mt Sinai - a quiet and tranquil place
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The Sinai mountain skyline, viewed from the top of Mount Sinai
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Dawn reds greet the view from the summit of Mount Sinai
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Gebel Katarina (2642m), the highest mountain in Egypt, view from the summit of Mt Sinai
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The red peaks of Sinai, viewed from Mount Sinai
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The chapel on the summit of Mount Sinai
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Myself on the summit of Mt Sinai (2285m), with Gebel Katarina behind
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A chapel beside the path on the route down from Mount Sinai
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Looking down the Steps of Repentance
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Looking up the 3750 Steps of Repentance
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The Steps of Repentance route to Mt Sinai, through a cleft in the mountain
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The Camel Trail route up to Mt Sinai, round the side of the mountain
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A view of both routes up Mt Sinai: the gentler Camel Trail goes to the left, round the back of the mountain, while the steeper Steps of Repentance head up through the narrow cleft
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St Katherine's Monastery with the two routes up Mt Sinai visible behind
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Another view of St Katherine's Monastery with the two routes up Mt Sinai visible behind
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St Katherine's Monastery with the Camel Trail route up Mt Sinai visible behind
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The Hostel and Charnel House of St Katherine's Monastery
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St Katherine's Monastery with the Steps of Repentance route up Mt Sinai visible behind
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The north side of St Katherine's Monastery
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Our accommodation in St Katherine's, Daniela Village
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Allegedly an offshoot of Moses' burning bush
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The Burning Bush, still very much alive in St Katherine's Monastery
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Goats by the roadside on the Sinai Peninsula
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Looking out over the Gulf of Aqaba, with Sinai on the left and the coast of Saudi Arabia visible across the water to the right
