Well I thought I haven't blogged for a while so I thought I better get back on the wagon!
We have spent the last 4 days walking! Walking 112 kms to Santiago Spain. There is a pilgrimage walk here where thousands of people walk to the Tomb of James ( One of the 12 dudes that followed Jesus ) Very cool.
Its just like the movie 'the way' with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.
We walked 30 km yesterday and our feet are sore as today, tomorrow we will walk the last 20 km, it will feel good to finish it and get our last stamp ( you get a passport and get it stamped along the way at villages)
It has been a great experience, Bec read about it in a novel a few years ago, researched it and now is doing it! That's the kind of girl she is. Determined :)
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Crazy Austrian Woman
Well, on day 1 we came accross this weird woman on the camino, our first experience of her was that she was hiding between trees taking photos of us ( and probably others) as we walked past, ok weird, but not too bad.
Then we noticed her at the Albergue that night as she was in our 50 bed room, she would sing a verse of a song as she entered the room, every time she entered. Then on the second night, she was in our 20 bed room, just by chance because there is a lot of Albergues in each town.
Bec and I were stretching as our legs were really sore, and she takes a photo of us, then makes fun of us and says are you trying to do gymnastics? So I tell her nah just stretching, then she talks over me and tells us how stretching is bad for you, so we disagree etc, she keeps on going in about it. We didn't even want to talk to her? Anyways after dinner she came in and flung open the windows ( it's 2 degrees outside) us and the other guys in the room asked her to close them, she refused, then 3 times through the night different people would close the window and she would keep opening it. We all froze, at one point I said that Bec and I only had sleep sacs and showed her made out of cotton ( no sleeping bags) and she didnt care, she was the craziest most selfish person I have ever seen!
The next day everyone was talking about her, it kinda brought the group of us closer together, haha,
Camino has everything!
Then we noticed her at the Albergue that night as she was in our 50 bed room, she would sing a verse of a song as she entered the room, every time she entered. Then on the second night, she was in our 20 bed room, just by chance because there is a lot of Albergues in each town.
Bec and I were stretching as our legs were really sore, and she takes a photo of us, then makes fun of us and says are you trying to do gymnastics? So I tell her nah just stretching, then she talks over me and tells us how stretching is bad for you, so we disagree etc, she keeps on going in about it. We didn't even want to talk to her? Anyways after dinner she came in and flung open the windows ( it's 2 degrees outside) us and the other guys in the room asked her to close them, she refused, then 3 times through the night different people would close the window and she would keep opening it. We all froze, at one point I said that Bec and I only had sleep sacs and showed her made out of cotton ( no sleeping bags) and she didnt care, she was the craziest most selfish person I have ever seen!
The next day everyone was talking about her, it kinda brought the group of us closer together, haha,
Camino has everything!
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Santorini Island!
Wow! We have had a ball here in Santorini. It is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea that used to be or still is a volcano. It apparently had the biggest explosion ever which sunk the island, and now all that remains is what's left of the volcano rim. We have hiked up a hill to see the Ancient city of Theira. And we also walked around the island to the end point Oia which is a 3 hour one way walk. We have had great Greek food at our little town of Perissa Beach. It's a black beach which is really cool . Black sand that is and it has lots of different coloured stones in it, today we did the walk to Oia again cos we loved it soo much. And in 2 Days we catch the 8 hour ferry back to Athens again to see the Acropolis.
Becs 30th birthday!
Today was Becs birthday IN AFRICA! So I wanted for us to do something really special for the occasion, so we are in Masai Mara National Park in Kenya taking in Gods Beautiful creation with the Animals!! How cool!
It was a perfect day, the Breakfast dining room sung happy birthday to Bec, we had a perfect blue sky day which peaked at about 30 degrees. We saw every animal imaginable, even some rare ones: Here is today's list of animals spotted:
Lioness
Male lion
9 cubs
Elephants
Giraffes
25 Hippos
Cheetah
Leopard on grass and up a tree
Giselle's
Thompson Giselle
Jackals
Hyinas
Deer
Wilderbeasts
Guinea fowl
Turtle
Secretary bird
Stork
Eagle
Meerkat
Warthog
Antipope
African buffalo
Plains zebra
Impala
Topi
The only thing we hope to see tomorrow is a Rhino, but if it dosnt happen we don't care, we feel blessed to have seen the rest. I expected that we may only see about half of the list!
Then this afternoon we visited the local Masai Mara Tribes village. It was a great experience, Bec became a Masai woman with the Chiefs Son putting red Henna on her cheeks, then I got to do the Jumping Dance with the men. Then Bec and I were chosen by the chiefs son to have a look in the Chiefs house. This was really cool, it's made out of sticks and mud, has 4-5 rooms in it, the baby cows and baby goats sleep in their own rooms next to the bed and the 6 kids sleep in one wooden bed, no mattress. The chief has 5 wives and he spends one night with each in a different house then repeat. The men can have as many wives as they can afford. A wife costs between 6 and 10 cows depending on how high you can jump!,
The higher the cheaper!
It was a great day and Bec had a lot of fun, :) Tomorrow morning we do an early morning safari to see even more animals
Kenya is pretty awesome...
It was a perfect day, the Breakfast dining room sung happy birthday to Bec, we had a perfect blue sky day which peaked at about 30 degrees. We saw every animal imaginable, even some rare ones: Here is today's list of animals spotted:
Lioness
Male lion
9 cubs
Elephants
Giraffes
25 Hippos
Cheetah
Leopard on grass and up a tree
Giselle's
Thompson Giselle
Jackals
Hyinas
Deer
Wilderbeasts
Guinea fowl
Turtle
Secretary bird
Stork
Eagle
Meerkat
Warthog
Antipope
African buffalo
Plains zebra
Impala
Topi
The only thing we hope to see tomorrow is a Rhino, but if it dosnt happen we don't care, we feel blessed to have seen the rest. I expected that we may only see about half of the list!
Then this afternoon we visited the local Masai Mara Tribes village. It was a great experience, Bec became a Masai woman with the Chiefs Son putting red Henna on her cheeks, then I got to do the Jumping Dance with the men. Then Bec and I were chosen by the chiefs son to have a look in the Chiefs house. This was really cool, it's made out of sticks and mud, has 4-5 rooms in it, the baby cows and baby goats sleep in their own rooms next to the bed and the 6 kids sleep in one wooden bed, no mattress. The chief has 5 wives and he spends one night with each in a different house then repeat. The men can have as many wives as they can afford. A wife costs between 6 and 10 cows depending on how high you can jump!,
The higher the cheaper!
It was a great day and Bec had a lot of fun, :) Tomorrow morning we do an early morning safari to see even more animals
Kenya is pretty awesome...
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