http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Meg-and-Ry-and-Heather/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Meg and Ry and Heather en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:25:10 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:25:10 +0000 Wow Our time in Egypt flew by. We didnt have time to update the blog as we went so get comfy and read about our time in Egypt.The tour started off with a visit to the pyramids and the Sphinx. It was quite surprising as we were driving through the downtown part of Cairo and could see the tips of the pyramids imerging between the sky scrapers. They appear out of nowhere and are bigger than can ever http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-95776.html Bags packed and filled with excitement we headed to the Athens International Airport. After a quick Heineken from McDonalds yes they serve beer everywhere here we boarded the 1 12 hour flight to Cairo Egypt. We had heard horror stories about the hectic airport taxi drivers waiting to scam anyone and all the continuous requests for 'baksheesh' tips. Luckily missing all this we hopped into th http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-95538.html Here are some pictures of where we live and work http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-86794.html We are back in Athens Greece and both found jobs at The student and travelers inn. Ryan is working the front desk and Megan is a travel agent. Then plan is to work til October then see what happens. Check back for updates. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-76491.html Finally updated our pictures http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Marmara/Istanbul/blog-72759.html We thought we better add an entry as we have rece305ved a few worr305ed ema305ls. To all we are just f305ne but have been caught up 305n travell305ng and not wanted to spend much t305me 305n 305nternet cafe. Here 305t goes . . . Went to Santor305n305 Greece and had a great t305me. The road our hostel was on was always busy w305th World Cup act305on ak http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Mediterranean/Antalya/blog-70394.html We arrived in Athens to hot weather and bustling streets. Went to the Acropolis an ancient theatre and temples. Three of us agree not worth the money. Woke up early to catch a ferry to Mykonos. It is a sparse island with white and blue buildings pretty much the stereotypical restaurant at home. Ryan and I found our 'cabin' but choose to upgrade to a room. The 'cabin' is maybe a bit bigger than http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/South-Aegean/Mykonos/blog-65814.html It has been a while since writing so am doing a quick catch up then post pictures when we get a chance. We are in a town called Finale Ligure on the Mediteranean coast. We flew from Eindhove in the Nehterlands to Milan and went straight away to a town callled Rimini. We lounged on the beach and relaxed. We then went to Venice for two days and loved it went on a gondola ride fed the pigeons http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-64352.html Our South African adventure has come to an end. We went shopping at Green Market Square and picked up so much our bags are over flowing. We then went to the V A waterfront wandered around took some pictures and watched the sun set very pretty The next day we went and climbed up and down Table mountain. It was a beautiful view of the city. Looked like the postcards. Its a very flat mountai http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-62065.html Yesterday we set out early in the morning to go to 5 wineries and sample wine. The weather did not cooperate as is starting to become pretty customary with our SA adventures All in all we had a great day sampled some great wine and cheese and had a good lunch at one of the wineries. We head in to Cape town for tonight and the day tommorrow then 12 hour flight back to Amsterdam. Then . . . http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Stellenbosch/blog-61266.html Well after being very disheartened at not being able to get the Carolina game on tv we decided to drown our sorrows with a cask of wine and some springbok shots this did not make for a very good morning So after getting up and rushing out of our hostel we drove the 40 k to gainsbay and did the pre dive briefing had some breakfast our gravol pills and felt quite confident heading out to view http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Stellenbosch/blog-60871.html Since the last entry we have stayed at Bucanneers in West Cintas. Took quite an adventure to get there 4 hours late and many wrong turns. Seems the South Africans like to change the names of their freeway exits to confuse travellers. Really nice hostel on the beach with lots to do. Friendly staff and free wine. Spent 3 days on the beach suntanning and boogie boarding. Nights drinking playing p http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Western-Cape/Hermanus/blog-60607.html So after leaving the mountains we went to shakas rock in zulu land its all named after Shaka Zulu we were ther for 2 days and it rained until we left then when we were travelling it was nice but we got to swim and go to the beach so it was nice. Then we went to Hluhluwe game reserve it was very nice we saw a big herd of elephants rino's all sorts of deer and buffalo and hyena's and tons of o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Eastern-Cape/East-London/blog-59482.html After a 4 hour drive we finally arrived in the mountains for Marianne's wedding. We had a 3 bedroom 3 bathroom cottage it was very beuatiful and the weather very much cooperated. We played some tennis and even went on a hike to this waterfall where you could go in this cave it was very pretty. On saturday we had the wedding which was very nice and then on sunday we leave to go to durban and the http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Free-State/Drakensberg/blog-57910.html After a very long flight we finally arrived in Jo burg. We are staying at Lucia's and are beeing put up quite well. today we went to a flea market and then had dinner at the keg. Tommorrow we are going for breakfast and then the casino. we are here until wednesday then are going to drakensburg and stayning in our own cottage very posh. pictures will follow later on. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/South-Africa/Gauteng/Johannesburg/blog-56190.html Hello everybody after a rocky start in the vancouver airport we made it to amsterdam and wound up sleeping the entire night. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-56185.html