Those Darn Camels!

I had almost forgotten how much I HATE Camels until last night when I was climbing Mt.Sianai for the second time. I believe my distaste for these poor miserable beasts began the last time I climbed Mt. Sianai and had them breathing down my neck in the desert darkness for 2 hours. It was the same thing again this time, coming around a corner only to stumble upon one of the silent creatures eerily staring me down. The only warning of them was the stench of their manure coated hides. And then the worst part of course is the Bedouin men whispering in low startling voices, "want to ride a camel? want to ride a camel?" I will dream those voices in my head for awhile. I really don't like those camels very much at all.
Besides that Matt and I had a very enjoyable hike up the mountian with our new traveling buddies Alex from Baltimore and Peter from Hungary. Ryan didn't come as he was having some slight bowel problems. Speaking of my cutie brother, he got some swimming lessons in the Red Sea today from Mr. Matt. He even made it out to where his feet couldn't touch bottom anymore without panicking. Such a good little swimmer. I had my camera ready to take pictures in case he started stuffing empty water bottles into his swim trunks to help him float after the example of Ahmed, the kid that was having alot of fun swimming by himself for a very long time. I got to lay out in a bathing suit today which made me extremely happy.
In other news we should be heading to Jordan tomorrow by boat where we will see some sights and then off to Israel!
Love to all who read this!