Travel photographs

Dawn breaks on the summit of Mount Sinai.

Dawn breaking over the Sinai mountains.

Sun peeping over the horizon, viewed from the summit of Mt Sinai.

Sun blazing over the horizon, as dawn breaks on Mt Sinai.

Dawn breaks on the summit of Gebel Musa (Mt Sinai).

Dawn light illuminating the Sinai mountain horizon.

Crowds awaiting the dawn atop Mount Sinai.

The summit of Mt Sinai - a quiet and tranquil place.

The Sinai mountain skyline, viewed from the top of Mount Sinai.

Dawn reds greet the view from the summit of Mount Sinai.

Gebel Katarina (2642m), the highest mountain in Egypt, view from the summit of Mt Sinai.

The red peaks of Sinai, viewed from Mount Sinai.

The chapel on the summit of Mount Sinai.

Myself on the summit of Mt Sinai (2285m), with Gebel Katarina behind.

A chapel beside the path on the route down from Mount Sinai.

Looking down the Steps of Repentance.

Looking up the 3750 Steps of Repentance.

The Steps of Repentance route to Mt Sinai, through a cleft in the mountain.

The Camel Trail route up to Mt Sinai, round the side of the mountain.

A view of both routes up Mt Sinai: the gentler Camel Trail goes to the left, round the back of the mountain, while the steeper Steps of Repentance head up through the narrow cleft.