We rode an MFO tour bus through the Sinai to Sharm el Sheikh in the southern part of Egypt. The trip took about six hours. It was an experience to ride along on a limited access (e.g. "official" vehicles only) border road through the desert and into the rough and mountainous part of the Sinai. It was a comfortable ride, though, and this huge bus only had about 15 people on it (including our armed guard, a member of the Hungarian Army)!
Yours truly getting ready to board the bus
Leaving North Camp... from the height of the bus you get a better picture of what the North Camp entry/exit process is like.
Believe it or not, the desert around El Gorah supports peach trees! Much to our surprise, we drove right through the peach harvest on market day!
People with vehicles of all kinds, bringing their peaches to market in the little town of El Gorah.
The open road again. Now we're heading toward the mountains, but we'll still be in the flatter desert for a couple of hours.
The border fence... we were very close to it for much of the trip.
This was my first view of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea. We were just north of the city of Taba here. You can see the coast of Jordan on the horizon. Later it becomes the coast of Saudi Arabia.
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