Day 80 The Final Chapter Now I'm going to tell you about friends we've met along the way. Ken and Viv have been on since Southampton and used to run a hotel in South Devon, we often have a chat after lunch on the Pennant Bar and put the world to rights! Chris and Thursa, always up for anything and love to chat and have a boogie. Eddie and Elaine, exercise a LOT, and come from up North. One night we wore the same dress on the same night! I have to say, she looked...

Day 76 Barcelona - 16/61 degrees. Although Phil and I have been to Barcelona many times before, it's always a great city to explore and this time we walked everywhere, no taxi, no city bus, no hawkers, a few beggars but none worth writing about.Barcelona is split into three main areas, Ciutat Vella (the old city,) Eixample, built since the mid 19th century and Montjuic, which is mainly the recreational area including the Olympic stadium. We decided, quite by acc...

Day 73 - Very Very Wet Athens - Ok, I know we haven't seen rain for a while, but come on, we only have a week left, stop it! This is a brief chapter because we only made it to the Acropolis, took some good pictures, saw the amazing view which included the Temple of Zeus then legged it back to the taxi as fast as possible! On the way, the taxi driver pointed out two of the 2004 Olympic stadiums that were used for karate and basketball. He also showed us Piraeus ...

Day 71 Cairo - Very hot and dusty!! OK this wasn't pleasant at all to begin with, we were up at 03.35am, what more can I say! After a long tender trip to Suez (I think) we boarded coaches in convoy and were escorted by armed police to Cairo, which took about two hours. We had breakfast in Le Meridien hotel then visited the Pyramids of Giza. These three Pyramids are about 5000 years old and are one of the remaining Seven Wonders of the World. What amazed me was j...

Day 70 Sharm El Sheikh GMT 2 We've retarded the clocks two and half hours since Mumbai (get me and my nautic expressions!) Not much to say about this resort, can't say I cared much for it. If you like scuba diving then it's probably worth considering but I think the Caribbean would be a better option. From Sharm, you can go to Sinai and see the burning bush where Moses was visited by God (allegedly!) or visit St Catherine's Monastry which is the oldest monastry...