01 Apr 2022
This was a trip of a lifetime. I have wanted to visit St. Catherine’s for 40 years. Unfortunately, the monastery is only open for 2 1/2 hours closes at 11:30 am. The trip guide made us stop for 30 minutes at an overpriced shop selling copies of icons before we went to St. Catherine’s . By the time we got to the monastery, we had less than an hour to visit this holy location to the world’s three major religions. Then we drove back to Dahab for lunch where our guide tried to make us go into different stores before our lunch. We all just walked out and made him take us to the restaurant. I was grateful to have someone else drive us as there is a lot of security stops. It was the only opportunity that I will have to go to St. Catherine’s in my life and I am grateful that we were able to go but it was not the trip that it should have been.