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BikeAbout Log

At 6:00 PM December 5–6, 1997
Sunrise (local): 6:36 a.m. Sunset (local): 4:40 p.m.	Weather 75°F
Traveled Since Dec. 4 103 mi / 166 km Cumulative 1423 mi / 2292 km	Lat: 31° 01' 30" N Lon: 33° 14' 28" E Elev: 0 ft / 0 m

[Webmaster's note: This dispatch covers the days from December 5 to December 6. The almanac data refers to December 6.]

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Al Arish
Where We're Staying: Sinai Sun Hotel
Places We Visited: Mediterranean sand and sea
Featured Site: Sinai Peninsula
Person of the Day: Mohammed Gamal, Inspector General for the Ministry of Education
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: food, in general; Breakfast: random breakfast bits; Lunch: basic but great fast foods of Egypt; Dinner: chicken, rice, vegetables, kushari; Olive Count: 1199
Word of the Day: Behaba means "love" in Arabic.
Tech Fact of the Day: A "century" in cycling lingo means 100 miles. On the day from Qantara to Al Arish, Ethan, Anthony, and Padraic succeeded in covering 166 km of Egyptian/Sinai highway. 166 kilometers is approximately 103 miles. This means that BikeAbout riders recorded the first "century" of their trip. Keep watching: There will be more.: Flat Count (Cumulative): 4; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 19


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