To be honest, I was not expecting anything like Dahab when I thought “I am going to Egypt.” Okay, actually I did not make any research on places worth a visit before taking off from Paris – no, I am not reckless, I just hate planning. Or at least I hate planning a round-the-world trip. No way I am going to do research for every single country I will visit. Too much effort and less pleasure in discovering unexpected places. And meeting unexpected people.

Because it all started with meeting people. On the second day of my trip, I met Shady, Cairene member of CouchSurfing (for those who do not know it, it is a network of travelers and hosts from all over the world, totally changing the way a travel can be – as in my case), who introduced me to tons of other cool people. Like really cool. Let us take for example these three guys: Matt and Kirsten (Canada), and Bailey (Australia), arrived a few days before me in Cairo and ready to travel through the country. Well, I might as well join them, I thought. And next thing I know, I found myself sitting in an overnight bus going through the Sinai Desert, heading towards Dahab, a small town on the Red Sea coast, described by the Lonely Planet as a haven for tired backpackers.

And it really is. No kidding. Landscapes are simply beautiful, and despite the tourism orientation of the whole town, prices are still acceptable for budget travelers.
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From Dahab, we booked a small trip to see the sunrise from Mount Sinai, yeah, Mount Sinai, the one where God spoke to Moses through a bush on fire that would not burn. (Well that is what the authors of that best-seller book entitled The Holy Bible say.) Arrived during the night at the foot of the mountain, we hiked for a couple of hours to the top, and waited for the sun to come. And the sun came. Yeah, it seems pretty obvious, but when Karim (coolest Cairene egyptology student ever, who guided us through the Egyptian Museum) teaches you that Ra has to fight every night, helped by his fellow gods of the ancient Egyptian pantheon, so that the monstruous serpent Apep would not devour it, you do not see it from the same angle.

And all this was one week ago. Damn. You cannot even imagine how much happened until today, I mean today the day I am writing this post. Too much to post, and not enough time to do it.

Eh, sorry guys, but my travel, this beautiful, wonderful and awesome travel prevails.