Indawo yokuhlala yaseGibhithe yaseDahabi itholakala ePeninsula yaseSinayi, njengokungathi umshado uya oLwandle Olubomvu. Ngasohlangothini lwasempumalanga, lugezwa yi-bay of Aqaba, kahle, kanye nentshonalanga yeSuez Bay. Izazi-mlando ziphakamisa ukuthi abantu bokuqala abaye bafana nama-homo sapiens banamuhla, bekukule ndawo eyathuthela e-Afrika eya enyakatho iye enyakatho. Ebhayibhelini, ngendlela, i-Sinayi peninsula ivame okukhulunywa ngayo, ngakho-ke labo bavakashi abangene ezweni elinjalo bangenza kahle ngokweqiniso baye emithonjeni yempucuko yesintu.
Uma sikhuluma ngombono kaDahabi, okokuqala kufanelekile ukukhumbula idolobha elidala, elibizwa ngeMasbat. Itholakala ogwini, futhi uthathwa njengomuntu osemdala ngoba wayekhona nangaphambi kwalesosikhathi, lapho engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lamashumi amabili, embonini yezindawo zokuphumula ayekhula ngenkuthalo lapha, amahhotela, amabhange, izitolo kanye nezinye izingqalasizinda ayakhiwa.
Lapha edolobheni elidala ikakhulukazi wezwa i-exotica yale ndawo, okungukuthi, izindawo zokuhlala ezivela esikhathini sikaNabatev. Lezi zizwe zahlala khona lapho lapho iDahab yamanje itholakala khona, ngisho nasemakhulwini eminyaka yesibili kuya esikhathini sethu, ngoba yayilapha lapho kwakuqhutshwa khona indlela yokuhweba, futhi kule ndawo ngakho-ke kwakukhona i-oasis enhle kakhulu.
Labo abanesifiso somlando futhi bajwayele ukuheha okuhlukahlukene kweMpumalanga, bangakwazi ukuhlanganisa ngokushesha uDahab Nabathicheev nalabo bakwaNabature, okushiwo kuPeter - Isikhumbuzo esidumile somlando, esise-Jordani edumile yomlando.
Futhi exotic kakhulu eDahab yidolobhana lase-Assalam, yiziphi izivakashi ezivame ukuvakashelwa ukuze ajwayele ukujwayelana nobungqabavu bezakhamuzi zomdabu zaseBedouin Desert.
Ngamafuphi, abantu bendawo ngokwabo sekuyisikhathi eside bajwayela ukuvakashela izivakashi - lolu hlobo lwebhizinisi lazo, baphatha izivakashi etiyeni futhi banikela nasekugibele amakamela. Ngemali ethile, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uhlale ubusuku emndenini othile we-bedouin.
Njengokulindelekile, ukuba seholidini eDahab, kumane kwenzeka ukuthi ungavakashela intaba kanye nesigodlo saseSt. Catherine. Iqiniso ngukuthi intaba yaseSt. Catherine iyindawo ephakeme kakhulu yePenninsula yaseSinayi, kanye nesigodlo saseSt. Catherine ngokwakhe eduzane nonyawo.
Empeleni leli yiparele yangempela eduze kweDahab. Isigodlo sasesigodlweni sasungulwa ngekhulu lesine ngamaHermits athathe umhlalaphansi lapha efuna indawo yokuthandaza. Isigodlo se-monastery yiGreco-Orthodox futhi siqiniseke kahle kusuka kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. Ukungena ngaphakathi kwesigodlo ngaphandle kwemvume ekhethekile akunakuba ngisho nabahambi, ukuze uhlole kuphela izindonga zesigodlo sezindela kusuka ngaphandle bese udlula kuzo zonke izinhlangothi.
Yadume kakhulu ngomtapo wezincwadi oyingqayizivele, oqukethe imibhalo yesandla yevintage engaphezu kuka-3,000 nemibhalo ecishe ibe ngu-1,700. Phakathi kwazo, le mibhalo eyiqiniso yeBhayibheli ingabizwa, engafakwanga encwadini engokwakhololwane, kanye neKhodi yeSinayi eyaziwayo, ehlobene nekhulu lesine futhi etholakala esigodlweni saseSt. Catherine.
Uma unesifiso sokubona kwemvelo, khona-ke ngokuqinisekile uzodinga ukuvakashela ipaki kaRas Abu Galim. Le ndawo iklebhulwe ngokuphelele kwimpucuko, ipaki limenyezelwa indawo yokuhlala kazwelonke futhi ivikelwe ngumbuso.
Ngemali encane kakhulu, ungafika ngisho lapha ubusuku bonke, kanye nesidlo sakusihlwa esimnandi futhi ngokungeziwe, i-hooka enothando elimnandi kwezinye zemindeni yeBedouin ehlala lapha. Epaki kulula kakhulu ukusuka emgodini ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka ekameleni eligibele. Kuzothatha cishe ihora nesigamu, kepha uma ufuna ukuhamba, kuzofanela uhambe amakhilomitha angaphansi kwama-15.
Futhi, izivakashi eziningi kakhulu, eziseholidini eDahab, zijabulela ithuba elihle kakhulu futhi zivakashele eJordani. Iqiniso ngukuthi kusukela lapha uhambo olunjalo lokukwenza kube lula kakhulu - udinga nje ukuhlala esikebheni futhi ngokoqobo ngehora uzovele ubuke imicabango emangalisayo ngendlela emangalisayo emadwaleni. Futhi batholakala ngqo enhlokodolobha yasendulo yaseJordani - edolobheni likaPeter.