After a couple of days in this buzzing city, Crazy is the only way to describe it really. Spent the first day since arriving here just having a butchers around although many locals come up to you to try and get you into their shop to give you their 'business card'. Yeah right. Soon cottoned on to them so my favourite and most used catchphrase has been "Leh shukran" aka No thanks! Saw a demonstration by Syrians in Tahreer Square which got progressively bigger,...

After the tearful goodbyes to my mum & sister who came to see me off at Preston train station it was a smooth journey down to London Euston & then across to Heathrow no problemo. Heathrow however is where the problemo started! Flight overbooked and was put on a standy by list. I thought tremendous, good way to start the travels! Fortunately not everyone turned up and 1 hour before departure was told had a seat on the plane, the seat no was my age 33E so ...