So, here we are at the end of Part 1!!! 1. I am craving salt, really bad; 2. I have a cold; 3. Egypt is FULL of culture, some good, some bad; 4. Seems I am not as allergic to fragrance as I am the stuff they mix it with, so I got me some essential oil perfume... Sweet!! 5. I am very sick of bread, croissants and pastries, but thems the breaks; 6. I miss beer; 7. I am looking forward to Spain tomorrow and will keep everyone updated. ...

WOW!! Who knew that Egypt was cold, freezing on fact... Well, 12 degrees and really windy! I totally got to cross two things off my bucket list today... Camel riding and seeing the great pyramids. The best bit was that the camel ride was through the Sahara desert right next to a pyramid... Totally awesome. I also got to go inside the third great pyramid and kiss the sphinx. We are now off to catch a sleeper train and head to Aswan for more sightseeing of temp...

I'll try to keep this as short as possible. We weren't looking forward to the first lot of flights which was; Gladstone/Brisbane/Singapore/Dubai/Cairo. We weren't too worried when we had to make a medical emergency landing in Hyderabad, India for a crew member who had become sick. In fact it was good to see that the life of one was more important than travel schedules and onwards connections. Having said that, here is where it all went wrong! We should have had...