Dahab - Part I
I am in a dilemma. In fact Sinai 4 You should attract and encourage tourists to visit the Sinai. I should write about events and attractions, places to visit, the beauty the Sinai has to offer. And yes, Sinai is a mystifying place to be. Sinai has something for everyone. Luxury hotels, nature, indigenous people, biblical history and beyond,… divers can explore the underwater world, adventurers can explore the desert to the extent of even taking part in a survival training in the magnificent desert… meditation courses or just a sun and fun holiday.
Up to now I can strongly recommend visiting the Sinai. But there are also things that are heartbreaking like some strange developments happening here.
Let us take the road to Dahab. There are about 8 km from the checkpoint to Dahab town, a stretch of nowhere land, a piece of beautiful desert scenery. A few years ago someone decided to decorate the middle strip with different kinds of plants. One drove with a nice feeling along this road, on one hand the magnificent mountains on the other hand a line of greenery.
Yesterday I drove this road and I found many construction workers were busy to erect what seems like a kind of pedestrian way on both sides of the road. Not done with this. It seemed that the middle strip would be paved as well, and partly the plants looked very miserable. Not enough, I discovered a wall was build next to the walk way. Though it was made out of natural stone and not very high, the wall somehow blocked the view and took much from the beauty of the whole scenery.
Let’s count how much it takes to construct a 8 km long walking path, exactly 4 x 8 km long x 1 m wide. Who will use it anyway? Is it a way for people on foot? But nobody is walking there. No people are living there, no buildings are there either. Is it a frame? A picture frame gives emphasis to the picture. What is the picture, the asphalt road and not the picturesque mountain scenery? Why is the dumping place ruining the beautiful colors of the mountains visible from the road and why is this money not spent on a proper waste system? I am confused.
beautiful scenery - unfenced
Why?
