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    The monastery: in early morning we climbed more than 1000 stair down to reach St. Catherine monastery; According to the UNESCO report (60100 ha / Ref: 954), this monastery is one of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world, a huge building standing since the year 800. it gives an idea of how human work can ecologicaly live between nature. Dahab is a quite small city in south Sinai, it is a touristic attraction for all nature lovers, and these 5 photos are not pure nature photos! they all have some human touch, telling the story of the enormous peacefully beautiful nature enclosing and containing the limited and balanced human manipulation; opposite to what we see in urban areas and huge modern cities - where we cannot watch stars, or sunset, or even enjoy a quite time! by: melmahdi Views[875] Morning Sinai: just at dawn, from the spot i picked to camp the night near top of St. Catherine mountain, showing the misty wet rock stairs made by humans to reach the top of the mountain, and the graded effect of mountain tops and horizon of clear sky in south sinai. it looked like high building roofs! Dahab is a quite small city in south Sinai, it is a touristic attraction for all nature lovers, and these 5 photos are not pure nature photos! they all have some human touch, telling the story of the enormous peacefully beautiful nature enclosing and containing the limited and balanced human manipulation; opposite to what we see in urban areas and huge modern cities - where we cannot watch stars, or sunset, or even enjoy a quite time! by: melmahdi Views[1574] After midnight Chatters: i camped near top of St. catherine mountain waiting for the sun rise and experimenting with Stars photography, Those guys grapped my attension; sharing little warm place and surrounded by tottal darkness and a whole universe. Dahab is a quite small city in south Sinai, it is a touristic attraction for all nature lovers, and these 5 photos are not pure nature photos! they all have some human touch, telling the story of the enormous peacefully beautiful nature enclosing and containing the limited and balanced human manipulation; opposite to what we see in urban areas and huge modern cities - where we cannot watch stars, or sunset, or even enjoy a quite time! by: melmahdi Views[1201]   


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