Ok, so we are still in London... but we are definately leaving tomorrow! Thanks again to the Meirings who let us invade their beautiful home for 4 weeks - that in itself deserves a medal!

London Calling Cairo Airport - Tuesday 00:30am: "I am sorry, but we cannot allow on this flight." I thought I had heard wrong. "Your Schengen visa has expired and you will not be allowed to transit through 2 European countries." "But we don't want to stay there; we will only be in transit! Look, here are our connecting flights all the way to London!" "Doesn't matter," he says, "it looks like you are going to Rome from...

So off we went on a huge ferry transporting trucks and holiday makers going to Mykonos for the last weekend of the summer holidays. We tried booking a place online, but the only available budget space was for USD 50 per night for camping (!), so we opted to let our new motto of "letting life surprise us with what we need" do its work. Off the boat and into the arms of Michael and Vassos with welcome drink to boot (more on that later). A beautiful lit...

Athens:The Classical World Aristotle, Socrates, Democracy (although not according to popular Indian belief) and Classical Architecture: this is why we decided to go to the land of the Olympian Gods - we were sure that we would be able to find some of the soul that we have been yearning for in this ancient world. Our train trip from Istanbul requires some special mention: keep in mind that we are used to anything from 6-bed clean and efficient Chinese sleepers ...

Fez Bus Turkey I believe by now we have established ourselves as independent travelers. So why do a hop-on hop-off bus tour you ask?? Because after travelling independently for 3 months, we needed a holiday! And it was great! We joined the Fez Bus in Istanbul bright and early on a Thursday morning, very excited about our 10 day Turkish Delight trip. The first couple of days were very cultural with stops in the ancient cities of Troy (we kept an eye out for Brad...