Well the 10hr sleeper bus was defintely not a sleeping experience, unless your name is Steve and you sleep so deeply you proceed to snore in my face for a few hours!! It was quite an effort to get into the upper sleeper without treading on the person below and the area to sleep in is only a little biger then a single bed. That said it coiuld have been alot worse and we got here safe and sound at 7.30am. There's a festival going on so we were dropped about 1.5k ...

In total we've spent 4 weeks in Palolem and even then it was hard to tear ourselves away from the beach, people, fantastic food and cheap booze!! I had a lovely relaxing birthday, Steve and I treated ourselves to a lobster dinner which came to 950rupees each which is about 11 quid and an opportunity not to be missed considering how much you pay back home, it took bloody ages to eat and is really an experince in itself! We had a very interesting experience at a ...

Hello all!! There's not been much activity on here recenlty because, well, in all honesty we're too god damn lazy at the moment it's a hard life, lounging around the beach all day, taking a break in a beach bar then deciding which restaurant we want to eat in!! We're all so chilled out now compared to when we first arrived, we have a nice lil beach hut (which has come with the odd cockroach) pics to follow soon! Had a few late nights or early mornings, depends o...

The 5 hour bus took us to Bahyrir for our desert stay. Roger had a bruised arse from the camel ride the day before so had little pleasure in the journey. Our first nights stay was in bamboo huts with straw roofs, peace and quiet was really appreciated compared to the hustle and bustle of downtown Cairo, we had an afternnon tour of the surrounding desert area, the sand was so fine we were more fascinated with this than the pyramids. After seeing a beautiful sun...

During the flight to Cairo Steve doubled his current sleep to 40 mins before the food came out, the flight was quick if a bit shaky and the 3 of us really stank but spirits lifted as we circled over Cairo with a view of the pyramids ready to land. Our taxi took us on a death defying journey to our hostel, the drivers here are unique!! Our 1st night we were taken for a walk around Downtown Cairo by the hostel owner who by coincidence is called Ramadam and it's Ra...