Blue Desert

 


The Blue Desert – marked as Blue Valley on some maps and known locally as the Blue Mountain – is a big open plain close to the town of St. Katherine. Several boulders have been painted blue by Belgian artist Jean Verame to commemorate the peace between Israel and Egypt. The area is also the starting/finishing point of several treks to/from different directions.

More info and map: Blue Desert and Trek 13

Photos were taken in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. 


Picnic with Musa Yunis and Mohamed Eid. (2006)






Approaching Blue Desert from Wadi Sdud and Farsh Umm Qaysum.
Sheikh Sina training/promo trek. (27 September 2009)










more photos coming

 Starting a trek towards Nasb, with Dave Lucas.
Sheikh Sina route mapping. (20 May 2008)



































Approaching the Blue Desert from Wadi Zaqra.
Route mapping with Abdullah Suliman. (22 May 2010)




more photos coming


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