Dahab, Egypt - 13th January 2006

Not much to write today - we've crossed from Jordan to Egypt via ferry, which took most of the day. I have to say, air travel is somewhat easier to navigate than land-border crossing...well, it seems to be quicker anyway!

We're in the Red Sea resort town of Dahab tonight. It is very windy here, but the actual temperature is a bit warmer than it has been. People are starting to get sick, so today and tomorrow are being treated as rest days, as we've got some very long and strenuous days coming up. Fletch and I are getting better - the climbing at Petra and Wadi Rum saw my cough return, but a good sleep last night seems to have helped clear it up. We've both still got a bit of nasal congestion, but we're on the up.

Tomorrow evening we're going to St. Catherine, which is at the base of Mt. Sinai. In the middle of the night, we are climbing Mt. Sinai, the aim being to watch sunrise from the top. Climbing may actually be an exaggeration - our tour leader is trying to convince everyone to catch a camel up. We'd really like to walk up, so we'll see how we go. In our next post, we'll tell you all about it :)