DAY 16 My first day in Ireland has been rather quite and cold only reaching 12 degrees. Tomorrow it’s only going to reach 4 degrees. Thank goodness I bought that down jacket off you Sarah it’s been so handy already!! I must say that it’s great to be back in a country that speaks that same language as me and hearing their lovely accents. For breakfast my aunty Joan cooked me , bacon, eggs, fresh bread and sausages. It was fantastic to have a normal breakfast that tasted awesome again! Today I did the normal travelling stuff when you arrive somewhere you’ll be staying for a while. Washing all my clothes, as they had this horrible Egypt type smell and my white items weren’t quite white anymore, and unpacking all my things into draws and the ... read more

Day 11: Getting up at 5am Bec, Lauren and I were transferred to our motor boat so that we could reach the west side of the Nile for our hot air balloon ride. From there we were taken by bus to the hot air balloon launch site. It was awesome, there may have been about 20 balloons all being blown up at once by various companies to take us tourists up to get a bird's eye view of Luxor. We reach a total height of 400m and from there we could see the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, tombs of the Nobles, one of Ramses II temples and a few more temples. It was fantastic. You could see all the fields of the locals and their homes. Some you could even see ... read more

SUMMARY OF EGYPT SO FAR Overall Egypt is a very dusty and dirty place. There is rubbish EVERYWHERE!!! In the gutters, on the street and pavement. The really sad thing is that the locals are the main ones that just drop rubbish on the street as they walk by with no respect for their local environment. On the other hand the people are very friendly and helpful especially the hotel staff. Everyone there seems to know who I am and is very willing to make sure that my every need is taken care of. The traffic here is horrible it's always peak hour and apparently the traffic over the last few days isn't busy at all! There are no road rules and the traffic can be up to 6 lanes deep in both directions without line ... read more