He looked like you, he spoke like you, he called the men as you do, nay he sat as you do when the road was too bad for his chariot, [The Mohars used chariots in their journeys.

This is positively known from the papyrus Anastasi I.which vividly describes the hardships experienced by a Mohar while travelling through Syria.] and he got on horseback, and held the reins." None of Pentaur's men, except his red-bearded friend, was more to him than a mere hired servant, and he usually preferred to ride alone, apart from the little troop, musing on the past--seldom on the future--and generally observing all that lay on his way with a keen eye.

They soon reached Lebanon; between it and and Lebanon a road led through the great Syrian valley.

It rejoiced him to see with his own eyes the distant shimmer of the white snow-capped peaks, of which he had often heard warriors talk.
The country between the two mountain ranges was rich and fruitful, and from the heights waterfalls and torrents rushed into the valley.

Many villages and towns lay on his road, but most of them had been damaged in the war.