Am finally coming out of the exhaustion that followed the adrenalin high of leaving London. Woke at the sensible time of 7am this morning finally feeling rested. Breakfast in Cairo is an interesting smorgasboard of things that I would not necessarily think would go together. Egypt so far is a carbohydrate high, which for those who know me can sympathise that yes, I am struggling! We decided to go today to explore the Old Islamic and Coptic region of Cairo. ...

Arrived in Cairo at midnight on Saturday. It was not hot, but the humidity was immediately noticeable and it was warm. Airport was interesting as our tour leader met us pre-immigration or customs and was very helpful in directing us to the bank to buy our $15USD entry to Egypt visa. All done and we were off to be entered into the country. Our hotel is basic, but clean and tidy so can't really complain. Sharing a room with Jess. Down for breakfast on Sunday ...

My last two weeks in London were a culinary feast - with limited time to burn calories off in the park - opps! But an amazing time catching up with friends and really enjoying London for the next little while at least. Nights were spent trying to put together the jigsaw that is packing. One box would be packed only to have me think... should I have put this in that other shape box, how much does this now weigh, do I really need everything I have put in here, e...

Ah Morocco, how I do enjoy thee. What an amazing week spent in Morocco falling in love with the country all over again. Even spent a night sleeping under the stars in the Sahara desert - as the sun went down the sky went quite dark and then suddenly the stars appeared and where there stars, the sky seemed endless. It was also good to feel sunshine on my skin to start the preparation for the sun exposure of my massive trip in a few weeks. Trial of hats, shoes,...

7 weeks till I leave for the airport bound for Cairo to start my big adventure. Planning is in full swing and things are finally starting to come together. London weekend is full of working out what exactly I should sell, throw or ship. Things are selling already which is just as well considering I was informed by my work post-room that I receive the most packages of anyone in our firm of 700+ people! My office buddy refers to this as spenditis, which she fee...