Sunrise over Saudi Arabia.

There is a very unique part of the world were the countries of Egypt, Israel and Jordan come together and border the Red Sea. On this narrow strip of land each country has developed their own little “beach town” such as Aquaba in Jordan, Eilat in Israel and Taba in Egypt. After traveling for 2 straight weeks in the Middle East Lindsay and I decided to “splurge” on a hotel close to the beach in Eilat. This hotel would be comparable to something like a Hampton-Inn by western standards but compared to the small hotels/hostels we had been staying at it might as well have been the Ritz. Upon arrival we learned that for some reason we were being bumped up to a top-floor room overlooking the ocean. When we got to the room we were amazed by the view. We could see the Red Sea right in front of us and the desert mountains of Saudi Arabia in the distance. We only had one night in the hotel as we had to wake up early the next morning to catch a small flight to Tel Aviv, thus, we set our alarms for early in the morning and went to bed. The next morning we awoke to one of the most beautiful sunrises we had ever seen. The early morning sun cast shades of purple, blue and red on the normally brown desert landscape. The sea was calm and the countries of Jordan and Saudi Arabia sat still in the distance. We took a few moments to enjoy watching the world wake up and felt lucky to have witnessed the desert “come alive” with color. It was a sunrise that we will never forget.