After 4 months of adventuring through Africa with the Dragomaniacs, this is officially the last day of the expedition I found on the internet 18 months ago, I can't believe it's over. It's been four months of awesome experiences, new friends, fun through torment, less than frequent showering, pushing a 12 tonne truck and even the occasional suicide pact. Today I needed to switch hotels over to the good old Ramses II, Siobhan who is staying with me for one night,...

What a day this has been. I've been up since about 3am, due to jet lag and left the hotel at 7am to go for a walk. I walked all the way down to the Nile... thats about 2km from here. I was quite pleased to say I didn't get lost. Its Friday here, which is a holiday, so downtown is virtually deserted! I've been approached by a few people, but all in all, I've had virtually no hassals. I came back to the hotel for breakfast at around 10:30am and then headed of...