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TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010

Transfer to Border and goodbye to Avraham Herzl

Border crossings

Coffee in Aqaba

To Petra, with stop overlooking Arava

Tour Petra, with free time at end

Lunch in Wadi Musa

Return to Border with stop overlooking Wadi Rum

Border crossing, transfer to Hotel

Class Meeting

Dinner on Own

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010

(Free Beach) or sleep late

Lunch, Dinner on own

Many: Snorkeling in coral reefs

Depart for Taba Border-transfer

Ride to Jabal Musa (Mt. Sinai). Trixie: rent room, nap.

THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010

Climb Jabal Musa---Sunrise  on summit

Tour of Summit (Byzantine church, mosque, Moses’ cave; views of Saint Catherine peak, Abbas Pasha Castle; Mini lecture—descent via stairs Elijah’s garden on way down.

(Coffee shop break)

Tour of Santa Caterina including bone-house

Nabatean Inscriptions

Nuweiba: Drivethrough tour

Transfer to Taba/Eilat Border

Lunch on own

Organize bus and cabrides to Egged

Depart for Tel Aviv or Jerusalem

“Free Weekend” check-in. Maronite Convent, Zion Square, Momo.