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About this book
A one week break during sabbaticalafforded time to venture off to the Sinaiand Jordan. This is a pictorial record ofwhat was to be a once in a life timeexperience of extraordinary natural
beauty, Gods creation.
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No visit to the middle east would be complete without visiting St Catherine Monastery in the Sinaidesert, and climbing Mt Sinai, a holy site to Jews, Christians and Muslims. To have reached its summitand watched the sun set in the west with a full moon rising over Jordan to the east, together with the callto prayer from a mosque in the valley below, was without a doubt a peak experience. It was a moment
for quiet stillness and sense the beauty of Gods creation.
Ancient Nabatean ruins and inscriptions awaited us in the desert as we traveled to Aqaba and then ontothe Wadi Rum, the locale of Lawrence of Arabia. Nothing had prepared us for the spectacular beauty ofthis desert landscape, and the kaleidoscope of colours that greeted us with every turn.
Onto the ancient red city of Petra with its awesome sculptured edifices, thence Madaba and theancient mosaic map, Mt Nebo and the view into the promised land, and finally Jarash, one of the moststunningly beautiful Roman ruins in the middle east.
Thanks to my fellow travellers, Veronica, Marion, John and Larry for sharing these moments with me.
John Walker mscOn Sabbatical at Tantur, Jerusalem, IsraelNovember, 2012
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Arrival at Eliat, Israel and transiting Taba, Egypt en route to the Sinai (full moon rising over Jordan and the Gulfof Aquaba above)
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Coffee stop at Nuweiba en route to St Catherines, Sinai, Egypt
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St Catherines Monastery, Sinai, Egypt (hotel above left)
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Beginning the trek up Mt Sinai from St Catherines Monastery
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Looking up at Mt Sinai from the trail
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Moon rise & sunset, Mt Sinai, Egypt
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The end of the descent from Mt Sinai and the Rock of Moses
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8000 year old Nabatean tombs Sinai Desert, Egypt
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Desert Bedouin
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Inscription Rock, Sinai Desert, Egypt
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Gulf of Aqaba, Taba, Egypt
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Wadi Rum, Jordan tales of Lawrence of Araba
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Ancient Nabatean rock carvings Wadi Rum, Jordan
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Petra, Jordan
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Amara Palace Hotel, Wadi Musa, Jordan
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Madaba, Jordan and the ancient mosaic map
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Mt Nebo, Jordan: the site from which Moses looked over into the promised land after 40 years in thewilderness
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Jarash: premier Roman city ruins, Jordan
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