Many people who have done it before told us that it's not easy climbing up and down Mt Sinai especially at night, even our tour leader has warned us when we reached at the foot of Mt Sinai there's no turning back once we decided to climb up.
We arrived at St Catherine motel, on the foot of Mt Sinai around noon time and had lunch there.
Then we had an opportunity to wear Bedouin costumes complete with their camp for photoshoots.
We gathered at St Catherine Monastery to see Burning bush inside but too bad it's closed so we continued our journey climbing up to Mt Sinai by riding camels.
It took 1.5 hours to reach the second base before summit.
We finally reached the second base before taking 700 staircases to the summit. We had a cup of instant noodle to refill our energy before the game started.
Finally we reached to the summit. Indeed it was not easy steps, perseverance and endurance were challenged.
We didn't compete against others but against self.
On the way down, it's another real test.
We went down after sunset, there's no natural lighting except the headlight we wore. It's pitching dark.
I didn't know what pushed me, but I had energy to almost running to reach the finish line.
Middle way, I just run and run and left my husband behind.
When I reached to the bottom first together with the other 2 girls, I felt accomplished.
But then, when I realised I was alone without my partner on my side, I felt empty.
I waited for him and finally he reached the finish line 15 minutes later.
He's so angry with me and we didn't talk to each other that night until the next morning.
I felt bad about it too.
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