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| Day 101, 2011/08/10 |
I must admit, the thought of leaving Cairo has been haunting me since I arrived in that horrendous traffic on Sunday. Not that the traffic was bad, more like it was just simply too overwhelming. Anyway, I have been doing some observations and have discovered that, the city comes to a grinding halt at about 4 am. To the point where, there is no hooting! Believe it or not! So I have decided that, since the sunrise is at 5 am, I will make sure that,i am ready to hit the road by then.
What a perfect decision! The roads were almost entirely deserted, and I was able to negotiate the streets and highways with ease. What a pleasure! Nice to be able to ride without stressing about being killed at every turn. The temperature is also perfect and I am able to cover the 120 km to Suez in no time. Suez turns out to be a big port city, with loads, upon loads of military everywhere. Well if you start to understand the canals strategic importance for the the entire worlds shipping, you can perhaps appreciate why there is soo much military.
I must admit, I was unable to see the actual canal itself, or any of the ships in it, which was a disappointment. Instead, I was routed through a tunnel benief the channel which, was amazing in itself.
Once on the other side, it was a case of crossing the breadth of the Sania peninsula from West to East. That involved crossing a 300 km stretch of desert which contained some amazing scenery. Eventually after almost 7 hours in the saddle and, almost 600 km completed for the day, I eventually arrive in the city of Dahab. The Yasmina is the hotel which will host me for the next couple of days. Beach, sun, sea, diving etc is an amazing way to spend the next 7 days!
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