Sunday, April 11, 2010

Spring Break picture descriptions

1. Egyptian dancers in Cairo
2. A camel on Mt. Sinai
3. The market in Cairo - smells a lot better than the Ghana markets!
4. A "magic" carpet ride!
5. Papyrus painting - "The Final Judgment"
6. Children weaving carpets
7. Red Sea
8. Me and the Red Sea
9. The Sinai Mountains
10. Me and the Sinai Mountains
11. The Mediterranean Sea
12. The River Nile
13. Kissing the Sphinx!
14. Pyramids
15. Me on the largest pyramid - the only remaining original Wonder of the World

Spring Break!!!
















I think that teachers might look forward to spring break more than the students! One of my roommates (Sara) and I decided to get away and see Egypt in our time off. It was AMAZING!!! It was really neat being able to see so many different things while we were there. We spent the first half of our trip in Cairo and the second half on the Sinai Peninsula (which is actually Asia!). The hotel we stayed at in Cairo overlooked the "River Nile" and we were able to take day trips to see the pyramids, the Sphinx, and the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria. Then we took a horrible 8 hour bus ride through the desert to Mt. Sinai. We got a few hours sleep and then we hiked up the mountain in the dark so we could see the sun rise on top of the mountain where God talked with Moses. It was humbling actually being in a place mentioned in the Bible. While we were warming up in a Bedouin shack, a group of Korean tourists had a church service on the mountain top. Even though we couldn't understand the words, it was refreshing being in the company of God's family! From the desert mountains of the Sinai, we traveled south to the Red Sea. Who would have thought!? The Red Sea has some of the best scuba diving spots in the world! We didn't get a chance to scuba dive, but we did see some amazing sights snorkeling! We saw stingrays and the most beautiful fish imaginable! The coral was amazing! I have never seen such beautiful colors!