I-sharm el-sheikh yindawo yokuphumla yase-Egypt yentsapho yethu. Ngokufanelekileyo uye kuphumla apha entwasahlobo okanye entwasahlobo, ukusukela kwixesha likaJuni-Agasti ume ubushushu obungenabushushu, kwaye kwiihambo ekunzima ukuhamba phantsi kwelanga elineqhinga. Ngeli xesha siye sahamba ngo-Okthobha, xa amaqondo obushushu omoya engadluli kwi-32-35 degrees, kodwa ulwandle lushushu kakuhle (+26 degrees).
I-Egypt idibene nemozulu entle yelanga, iimvula kunye nemimoya yayingeyo. Ixesha elifanelekileyo lexesha le-velvet.
Sasicwangcisa ukuthatha uhambo oluninzi ngaphambi kohambo, ngoko nangoko emva kwendawo yokuhlala, saya apho siye kukhangela khona ukuba sibukele khona. Ixabiso lezinto zokuhamba e-Egypt ayinakufikeleleka.
Uhambo lwethu lokuqala lwalusePeter. Ekuqaleni sahamba ngebhasi ukuya kwizibuko le-TABA, emva koko isikhephe esikhawulezayo sayinika iqela le-AQABA eJordani. Ukuhlolwa kokubona kukaPetros kuPetros kwachukumiseka kakhulu, kuba iyidolophu enamatye. Emva kokudlula kwindlela epinki kunye ne-gorge emxinwa, igazene yethu yavula itempile enkulu epinki enkulu, ngaphambili yecala elaliqingqiweyo etyeni. Ibizwa ngokuba yi-El Hazne. Kwakhona, edlula kwi-pinki ebomvu epinki, sabona iitempile ezininzi, amangcwaba, amabhotwe amakhulu kunye namabhodlo ezindlu. Kungenxa yombala wamatye kunye nesanti iSixeko ikwabizwa ngokuba yipinki.
Kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva, uhambo lwesibini lwalubanjelwe kwi-moise hota, okanye ukhwela intaba engcwele. Siyishiyile ihotele nge-11 pm. Emva kokukhwela iibhasi ezi-3.5, besisendaweni kwaye saqala ukukhwela. Elona candelo linzima lendlela yayingamanyathelo angama-700. Ukufikelela kwi-gezebo kunye ne-chapel, iqela laqalisa ukulinda isifingo. Ukubonakala kwelanga kwi-Hronizon kubangela iimvakalelo ezininzi, uziva ngathi uMoses, kwaye ilanga liphume ngokungaqhelekanga. Emva kwemfuyo, iimonki zaseCatherine zazivavanywa ngamanyala entaba. Ndiyithanda kakhulu yonke into, kodwa ndidiniwe kakhulu. Ndikunye nabantwana, lo hambo lungcono ungathathi.
Ngeli xesha ebesikhangelufumene ngaphambili singaziwa ukuba libonakale lakudala, lahlala elunxwemeni oluhle lwe-sharm el-shaikh, ihlambe kumanzi afudumeleyo oLwandle Olubomvu. Khange ndifune ukuhamba, kodwa siya kubuya!