After visiting the St Simeon Monastery, it was time to mount up again and this time, cross a much larger expanse of desert. The camel ride was actually pretty nice. The walk was a bit like riding an accordion (according to my wife). There was a lot of movement. The trot or run, on the other hand, was really great. It was like riding along on a magic pillow ride. It was very soft and smooth.

You can see Vicky heading off in the first photo. The second photo is just a shot looking off to the side of the trail. I suppose that you could equate the second photo to 93% of Egypt.

We rode from the monastery to a Nubian village. The village was either Siou or Koti, I never did get which village we rode to. At any rate, the third photo is me arriving at the Nubian village. In all, we rode the camels for about an hour.