Looking over the Sinai desert |
The monastery is nearly 1500 years old and was built at the foot of Mount Sinai and right at the site where Moses is believed to have seen the burning bush.
Inside the monastery |
The site of the burning bush |
Saint Catherine's Monastery with Mount Sinai behind it |
Rock formation in the shape of a bull. Believed to be the idol the Israelites worshiped |
Believed to be the rock that Moses struck with his wand before water came pouring out |
My Bedouin guide leading me to the top of the mountain |
Water in the desert |
Heavenly view from the top of Mount Sinai |
Little chapel built on top of the Mountain |
Watching the sun set at top of Mount Sinai |