should i believe that this is the oldest bush in the world?

Today was a pretty boring day until we got to our hotel and even then it was still kinda boring.

We had our wake up cal at 5:30 so we could pack our bags, load the bus, eat breakfast, and leave by 7. Roman woke me up at 6:34.

The bus ride to the Egyptian border only lasted about 20 minutes. Then we said our sad farewells to Waleed and Rashad (our driver). We loved them. It took about an hour to get checked into Egypt and then we hopped on our new bus to head to Cairo.

I don't like our new driver, mostly because he isn't Rashad, but also because he hasn't shown any personality. I'm not sure if he knows any English at all. Rashad at least knew broken English. Our new guide, while likable, has a LOT of work to do to match Waleed. I'll give him a shot but it's a long shot.

We stopped at Sinai and St. Katherine's monastery for about an hour and a half, including lunch. It was cool to be there but the monastery was boring and I felt like the claim for them having the actual burning bush was lame.

Then we rode the bus for like 8 more hours and arrived at the hotel at 9 pm. Bear in mind that we left at 7 this morning. The hotel is super nice. 5 stars.

Very nice.