#marsa alam

[aestum]

(by Pascal van de Vendel)

[livingxmyway]

~by me

[malikempire]

A view of the Red Sea hills from Hurghada, Egypt taken by me in late 2021-early 2022

The mountain range in the back is the Itbay or the Red Sea Hills on the left you'll find Jabal Shayib al Banat which is the second highest peak in Egypt after Saint Catherine and the highest in the Itbay

Shayib al Banat or "old man of the girls"

The old man part comes from the fact that the top of the mountain is white so it looks like an old man with white hair

the girls part comes from a girl named Selima or Salma (I've seen both in different sources) from the Beja tribe of the Ababda who fell off the mountain so they put al Banat

The itbay spans the Eastern Desert of Egypt and Sudan is mainly inhabited by the Beja and at the very north you'll find some Arab tribes like the Ma'aza who migrated to the region

[ancientstuff]

https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/205184/Egypt-completes-revival-of-3%2c000-year-old-gold-mining-city-at-Jabal-Sukari-on-Red-Sea

The Red Sea coast was a busy place throughout Egypt's ancient history. Wonderful find.

[gothicristal]

𝕴𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖒: @𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖆

[egyptianways]

Marsa Alam sunrise

[madnessisgeniusss]

Marsa Alam, Egypt.

[chiaema]

7 anni e 7 mesi

Quando abbiamo prenotato questo viaggio sapevamo che ci stavamo mettendo alla prova, tu in primis dato che non sapevi nuotare, e io sono famosa per il mio rapporto distaccato con i pesci. In questi giorni stiamo scoprendo la bellezza di un mondo nascosto sotto le onde. Stiamo superando le nostre paure, qui, tra mare e deserto, nel bel mezzo del nulla, e soprattutto insieme. E dopo tutto questo tempo, riusciamo ancora a stupirci.

È incredibile, la vita insieme a te.