So, now I have arrived in Cape Town! And it feels good!!
All the way until now I have not really had much time to think about this trip or make any plans for it and at times it even felt like a bad idea going here. I have been working a lot and neen very busy and tired, which made me somehow feel I really needed holiday, but also thinking maybe I should have choosen a place where I have been before and am familiar with, somehow I didn't really felt ready for a "new" country. However, all the time I kind of knew I would like it once I came here and so it is!
Immediately on arrival I felt good. I was a little surprised how calm and well organised everyting was at the airport and on the way to the guest house. I was also struck by how friendly everyone I have met is. And somehow it feels very "normal". It does not feel like a unknown country. Staying at this guest house feels like staying at home with friends (and dogs!)
Ok, I admit I haven't really seen anything yet. But considering the number of hours I have spent here I have seen quite a lot anyhow. As always I seem to be landing running. Already as we shortly landed in Johannesburg on the way here I got a sms about that today is the day of Cape Town Pride and that we should go there. So I landed, took a shuttle to the guest house, had a shower and changed clothes, then my friend came and we went for lunch and then to the pride party. So, you can say I have seen something. Met a lot of nice people and seen the most fabulous transvestites. I like this place! Among all, and what firsts struck me and what I have missed since I left Brazil is the colours! Finally I get to see colours again!! I love it!!
Looking forward to see more tomorrow! And the coming two weeks!
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Saturday, March 03, 2012
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Brazil-Peru-Argentina-Brazil
Tomorrow it is time to go travelling again!
I have now finished my work in Brasília, but am not heading back to Sweden just yet. Although I am not going for the huge long trip that this might sound like, I will only be away for two weeks. But I will go out of Brazil.
Tomorrow I am flying to Cuzco from where I will go to Machu Pichu and stay there for a couple of days. Then I will fly to Buenos Aires, a city I have always wanted to see and have great expectations on. There I will stay five days before finishing off with a couple of days in Rio, where I hope I will get some sun and beach. The weather forecast did not look too promising though, rain and 12 degrees might be what I kind of expected for Machu Pichu, but the last couple of days made me have higer hopes for BA. But somehow it seems that according to the forecast the rain will be following me, nice in the places when I am not there but then rain when I arrive. However, I often have better luck with weather than the forecast says (except for Morro de São Paulo though). We will see.
I feel a little badly prepared for the trip though. I haven't had time to read anything aboug Machu Pichu and Cuzco. For Buenos Aires I at least have a book, but haven't had time to read very much, in BA I still haven't booked a hotel and will arrive on a Saturday, which doesn't seem like the best idea., so I am up for surprises :-) but hope it will be fine.
Since the banks in Brazil are on strike I haven't been able to get USD;s which might have been a good idea, now I will have to hope for working ATM:s.
I have now finished my work in Brasília, but am not heading back to Sweden just yet. Although I am not going for the huge long trip that this might sound like, I will only be away for two weeks. But I will go out of Brazil.
Tomorrow I am flying to Cuzco from where I will go to Machu Pichu and stay there for a couple of days. Then I will fly to Buenos Aires, a city I have always wanted to see and have great expectations on. There I will stay five days before finishing off with a couple of days in Rio, where I hope I will get some sun and beach. The weather forecast did not look too promising though, rain and 12 degrees might be what I kind of expected for Machu Pichu, but the last couple of days made me have higer hopes for BA. But somehow it seems that according to the forecast the rain will be following me, nice in the places when I am not there but then rain when I arrive. However, I often have better luck with weather than the forecast says (except for Morro de São Paulo though). We will see.
I feel a little badly prepared for the trip though. I haven't had time to read anything aboug Machu Pichu and Cuzco. For Buenos Aires I at least have a book, but haven't had time to read very much, in BA I still haven't booked a hotel and will arrive on a Saturday, which doesn't seem like the best idea., so I am up for surprises :-) but hope it will be fine.
Since the banks in Brazil are on strike I haven't been able to get USD;s which might have been a good idea, now I will have to hope for working ATM:s.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Samos
Took a last-minute trip t Samos last week. Was really nice and relaxing. A very quite island, at least this time of the year. Not so much a party destination, but that was also not what I was looking for. Just some guaranteed sun and beach and relaxation, and that I got.
View over Pythagorio harbour
One day I took a trip to nearby Turkey and Efesos. Very interesting!
Beach of Phytagorio
Phytagrio
The hotel pool
View over Pythagorio harbour
One day I took a trip to nearby Turkey and Efesos. Very interesting!
Beach of Phytagorio
Phytagrio
The hotel pool
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The Trip to Cape Verde
The trip to Cape Verde came about more or less as a coincidence. My friend and I had been talking a long time about wanting to escape the Swedish winter for some sun and beach and were just looking for the right time-price-climate-combination. First we talked about Thailand, then Cuba and then even go for skiing instead, but somehow there was always something wrong. Then in a call to a travel agent, the agent all of a sudden suggested Cape Verde and gave us a good price for exactly the time we wanted to go. So in a matter of no time at all we had booked and paid the trip. I must admit I knew absolutely nothing about Cape Verde before and did not have too much time to read about it, but at least I scanned some web pages and the Lonely Planet for West Africa before going there. As this was only a one week charter trip I did not find it very important to learn a lot before leaving, although I normally really like to learn about a place I am going to.
As most tourists we ended up on the island called Sal. Of all the 9 inhabited islands of Cape Verde Sal is the flattest and most arid island, it is basically all sand, volcanic rocks and a few hills. As there is a lot of sand it means the island is not very green, but there are plenty of beautiful beaches. The main centre for the tourism at Sal is Santa Maria, where we stayed too. It is a small town that stretches along the beach. It is really not big, although huge holiday complexes are being built on the outskirts and along the beaches. Many are still under construction and I wonder if they all will be viable, somehow I am afraid they might overexploit it a bit. This far however, I did not have the feeling the place is yet overexploited. The town still has a very relaxed, laid-back and almost sleepy atmosphere, that I found very pleasant. Later I realised that many of the tourists stay at the all-inclusive resorts (many of them Italian-owned and Italian-visited) just outside the centre of the town and hardly ever ventured into the town and that’s why we did not see them. Therefore I was very happy we stayed in a smaller hotel that seemed to be run by Capeverdans and that it was not all-inclusive so we had the opportunity to try out some of the local restaurants and cafés.
We found some nice places to eat and drink, although some other people we met seemed to find the supply too limited. Of course, the place is small and the variety might not be huge but for one week the selection is ok, especially if you like to eat fish and seafood. The nightlife is also rather limited, but there are a few quite nice bars and some nightclubs. People seemed to find their favourite hang-outs and return night after night to the same place. As the town is so small that meant that you met the same people and got to know some which gave it a feeling of familiarity which was very nice. But still again, if you stay longer than one week you might want to visit some of the other islands too.
We had some plans to go to some other island as well, but we never did. To Boa Vista you can go by boat, but it was a bit difficult to find clear information on when and from where the boat left. I would also have liked to go to Sao Vicente, but there we would have to fly and that was quite expensive so we stayed the whole week at Sal. To me that was not a problem. I felt very comfortable with the laid-back attitude. The slogan of the place seems to be “No Stress”. Very appealing! I just loved to sit at a café or a bar and look out over the sand and the sea and doing nothing. That was really enough for me. The sea is very beautiful. Great green, turquoise waves crashed in on the sand or the black volcanic rocks in fluffy white foam. I believe the islands are quite windy most of the time and January is obviously the most windy month so sometimes the wind was almost a little too strong to be comfortable, but it felt very fresh and caused beautiful waves. The winds also make it a popular place for surfers of all kinds. Although now the winds were so strong that only the really good ones dared to go out. Sometimes the waves were a little too strong for swimming, but most of the time it was just good fun to dive in the waves. The wind and the sand also provided a free and very efficient full body scrub.
Life on Sal is less expensive than in Europe, but still not very cheep as almost everything, except fish and seafood, must be imported. They have there own currency the CV escudo, but as it is tied to the Euro you can pay with Euro everywhere. The rate used in most places is 1€ = 100 CVE although the official rate is closer to 110 CVE, so of course you lose on using Euro, but on the other hand that can be the price for the convenience of being able to use Euro. The good thing is also that the rate 1 to 100 makes it easy and very convenient to mix the two currencies at will. If something costs 10 000 CVE you can very well give 5€ and 5000 CVE. You also get both Euro and CVE back at the same rate, although I guess most shop-keepers prefer to keep the Euro and give CVE back. The only ones using the official rates were the official souvenir shops and the shops at the airport (some of them!) and that only complicated things. Most of the souvenir vendors that you meet in the street however are not from Cape Verde at all; they come from Senegal, Guinea Bissau or Angola.
One thing that I felt we missed was the music. Cape Verde is rather known for its music and relative to its size have quite few know artists. I read before that you can hear live music almost everywhere and many bars also had signs saying they would have live music some or even every night of the week, but during the week we spent there we did not manage to hear any live music. You do hear it in the shops, restaurants and bars etc, but of course live music is something different.
To some Gambia has a bad name as a tourist destination, because of the sex-tourism. There is a prejudice that most of the tourists are older European women going there to pick up young African men. That is; more or less the same thing that happens in Thailand, but there the Europeans are male, picking up young Thai women. I have never been to Gambia and can not say anything about the scale to which this is true, but I have been to Thailand and can say that there is nothing of that scale in Cape Verde. But of course you will get approached by persons who might have another agenda than just chatting for a while or having a drink or a dance. It can be a matter of getting you into their souvenir store and trying to sell you something. Or it can be a matter of them asking you to marry them and taking them to Europe. As we were two single women travelling together, we initially got the impression that it was more a matter of African - not from Cape Verde but always from mainland Africa - men approaching women. They were not very intrusive however and if you told them to leave they did, most of them were rather polite and funny and some even quite charming. The last night however, we became aware of the women approaching the male tourists. They were much more intrusive and persistent! Earlier in the week we had met two Belgian guys that we were hanging out with. The last night just one of them was in the bar as the other was sick, but he was talking to the owner of the bar, an older man who also happened to be Belgian. We joined in and stood with talking with them at the bar. The night began rather soft and relaxed as always, but then all of a sudden, some time around midnight, the ladies attacked. In a matter of no time the whole place was full of a different kind of women, and these ladies were aggressive!! One came up to our Belgian friend, although he stood between me and my friend and started rubbing herself against him. We were almost chocked. And more chocked we got when the guy did not turn her away, but later he left together with her!! Insisting she was not a hooker!!! The thing is we had seen her before and the older man positively confirmed that she is a prostitute. I have not seen that many prostitute, but this one only lacked a red blinking light at her forehead, so it is a wonder that men can be that blind!!
Unfortunately this left a somewhat stale aftertaste as well as us being robbed, but apart from that I must say I liked Cape Verde. I would definitely like to go back, but maybe then visit more than one island.
As most tourists we ended up on the island called Sal. Of all the 9 inhabited islands of Cape Verde Sal is the flattest and most arid island, it is basically all sand, volcanic rocks and a few hills. As there is a lot of sand it means the island is not very green, but there are plenty of beautiful beaches. The main centre for the tourism at Sal is Santa Maria, where we stayed too. It is a small town that stretches along the beach. It is really not big, although huge holiday complexes are being built on the outskirts and along the beaches. Many are still under construction and I wonder if they all will be viable, somehow I am afraid they might overexploit it a bit. This far however, I did not have the feeling the place is yet overexploited. The town still has a very relaxed, laid-back and almost sleepy atmosphere, that I found very pleasant. Later I realised that many of the tourists stay at the all-inclusive resorts (many of them Italian-owned and Italian-visited) just outside the centre of the town and hardly ever ventured into the town and that’s why we did not see them. Therefore I was very happy we stayed in a smaller hotel that seemed to be run by Capeverdans and that it was not all-inclusive so we had the opportunity to try out some of the local restaurants and cafés.
We found some nice places to eat and drink, although some other people we met seemed to find the supply too limited. Of course, the place is small and the variety might not be huge but for one week the selection is ok, especially if you like to eat fish and seafood. The nightlife is also rather limited, but there are a few quite nice bars and some nightclubs. People seemed to find their favourite hang-outs and return night after night to the same place. As the town is so small that meant that you met the same people and got to know some which gave it a feeling of familiarity which was very nice. But still again, if you stay longer than one week you might want to visit some of the other islands too.
We had some plans to go to some other island as well, but we never did. To Boa Vista you can go by boat, but it was a bit difficult to find clear information on when and from where the boat left. I would also have liked to go to Sao Vicente, but there we would have to fly and that was quite expensive so we stayed the whole week at Sal. To me that was not a problem. I felt very comfortable with the laid-back attitude. The slogan of the place seems to be “No Stress”. Very appealing! I just loved to sit at a café or a bar and look out over the sand and the sea and doing nothing. That was really enough for me. The sea is very beautiful. Great green, turquoise waves crashed in on the sand or the black volcanic rocks in fluffy white foam. I believe the islands are quite windy most of the time and January is obviously the most windy month so sometimes the wind was almost a little too strong to be comfortable, but it felt very fresh and caused beautiful waves. The winds also make it a popular place for surfers of all kinds. Although now the winds were so strong that only the really good ones dared to go out. Sometimes the waves were a little too strong for swimming, but most of the time it was just good fun to dive in the waves. The wind and the sand also provided a free and very efficient full body scrub.
Life on Sal is less expensive than in Europe, but still not very cheep as almost everything, except fish and seafood, must be imported. They have there own currency the CV escudo, but as it is tied to the Euro you can pay with Euro everywhere. The rate used in most places is 1€ = 100 CVE although the official rate is closer to 110 CVE, so of course you lose on using Euro, but on the other hand that can be the price for the convenience of being able to use Euro. The good thing is also that the rate 1 to 100 makes it easy and very convenient to mix the two currencies at will. If something costs 10 000 CVE you can very well give 5€ and 5000 CVE. You also get both Euro and CVE back at the same rate, although I guess most shop-keepers prefer to keep the Euro and give CVE back. The only ones using the official rates were the official souvenir shops and the shops at the airport (some of them!) and that only complicated things. Most of the souvenir vendors that you meet in the street however are not from Cape Verde at all; they come from Senegal, Guinea Bissau or Angola.
One thing that I felt we missed was the music. Cape Verde is rather known for its music and relative to its size have quite few know artists. I read before that you can hear live music almost everywhere and many bars also had signs saying they would have live music some or even every night of the week, but during the week we spent there we did not manage to hear any live music. You do hear it in the shops, restaurants and bars etc, but of course live music is something different.
To some Gambia has a bad name as a tourist destination, because of the sex-tourism. There is a prejudice that most of the tourists are older European women going there to pick up young African men. That is; more or less the same thing that happens in Thailand, but there the Europeans are male, picking up young Thai women. I have never been to Gambia and can not say anything about the scale to which this is true, but I have been to Thailand and can say that there is nothing of that scale in Cape Verde. But of course you will get approached by persons who might have another agenda than just chatting for a while or having a drink or a dance. It can be a matter of getting you into their souvenir store and trying to sell you something. Or it can be a matter of them asking you to marry them and taking them to Europe. As we were two single women travelling together, we initially got the impression that it was more a matter of African - not from Cape Verde but always from mainland Africa - men approaching women. They were not very intrusive however and if you told them to leave they did, most of them were rather polite and funny and some even quite charming. The last night however, we became aware of the women approaching the male tourists. They were much more intrusive and persistent! Earlier in the week we had met two Belgian guys that we were hanging out with. The last night just one of them was in the bar as the other was sick, but he was talking to the owner of the bar, an older man who also happened to be Belgian. We joined in and stood with talking with them at the bar. The night began rather soft and relaxed as always, but then all of a sudden, some time around midnight, the ladies attacked. In a matter of no time the whole place was full of a different kind of women, and these ladies were aggressive!! One came up to our Belgian friend, although he stood between me and my friend and started rubbing herself against him. We were almost chocked. And more chocked we got when the guy did not turn her away, but later he left together with her!! Insisting she was not a hooker!!! The thing is we had seen her before and the older man positively confirmed that she is a prostitute. I have not seen that many prostitute, but this one only lacked a red blinking light at her forehead, so it is a wonder that men can be that blind!!
Unfortunately this left a somewhat stale aftertaste as well as us being robbed, but apart from that I must say I liked Cape Verde. I would definitely like to go back, but maybe then visit more than one island.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Back again
So, back in Sweden again after one planned trip to Poland and one very spontaneous trip to Mallorca. I am really glad I went to Mallorca as it was nice to spend some more time with the friends I don’t get to see very often and it was also nice to get some more sun and beach before getting back to work. The weather is really bad in Sweden at the moment; it almost feels like autumn already. This holiday I really tried to be good at relaxing, not keeping my work mobile on or checking my mail. It was really nice to relax totally and not read or listen to any news for some time. But I am glad I picked up a newspaper on the flight back. I would have looked stupid at work yesterday hadn't I known that there was a war going on in Georgia...
I will soon try to post some pictures and give some comments from the trips.
I will soon try to post some pictures and give some comments from the trips.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Summer Escape
Just came back from an intensive weekend in Poland. Was invited for a wedding just outside Warsaw. Was really great to see old friends again and the wedding was an excellent party that went on for days. As I had never been to Poland before either it was also nice to at least get a glimpse of Warsaw.
Coming back I got immediately depressed to find Sweden in storm and rain and with a feeling of autumn already, so right away I booked a ticket to Mallorca to meet up with some of the friends from the wedding who have rented a house there. I was invited to join in the first place but was just not ready to make that decision at that time, now however it feels as a great idea. More sun and heat before going back to work on Monday!! :-)
Coming back I got immediately depressed to find Sweden in storm and rain and with a feeling of autumn already, so right away I booked a ticket to Mallorca to meet up with some of the friends from the wedding who have rented a house there. I was invited to join in the first place but was just not ready to make that decision at that time, now however it feels as a great idea. More sun and heat before going back to work on Monday!! :-)
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Report from Dubai
I haven’t been blogging so much from Dubai because I did not have internet access in my hotel room, so here are some concluding reflections on Dubai etc.
I must say I have mixed emotions for Dubai. In a way I like it, as I like big modern cities, and I do like the hot climate and the beaches and the shopping etc. But it is so artificial. And it is still one huge construction site, I wonder what it will be like when it is “ready”. I fear it will be a little too perfect. It is all so clean, tidy, neat and well-organised. Of cause it is nice, but it is a little boring and annoying. It would get me on my nerves after some time. I would miss the “chilli in the sauce”; the unexpected and uncontrolled. Ok, I really haven’t seen much of the place, as my supposed guide stood me up or at least suddenly got busy elsewhere (men!!), but all I have seen goes in that direction, that is perfection. What really would annoy me if I stayed here longer is that there is no place where you can walk. Ok, when it is over 40 degrees outside you might not want to walk much, but the city is really only made for transportation in cars. The place is very wide-stretched and there are not much of sidewalks and the junctions are all but pedestrian-friendly and there is nowhere to go, no nice areas to stroll in, lest for the beach and the shopping malls. I guess there must be some parts where you can still see and feel some of the history, but all I read in the tourist brochures seem to be about “new” constructions in “old” or “traditional” Arabian style, nothing seems to be genuine.
As I did not get the private guided tour I was promised, I booked myself on one of the arranged tours. First of all I realise how unused I am to go on those things; I almost lost the group all the time and was nearly left behind at the end of it!! Anyway I got to see some of the “older” parts of the city and some souqs and the historical museum. There they had some quite fascinating exhibits in see how people lived in straw huts just 50-60 years ago! Then there was almost nothing there!
Of cause I visited some of the malls too, the one said to be the biggest outside US (I doubt it though as I think some that I saw in China felt bigger) Mall of the Emirates, where they have the famous indoor ski-slope, which I of cause had to try.
It was quite fun and it was surprisingly good skiing, but it was only fun for about 30-40 minutes and than that’s it.
The slope from the outside.
Maybe that what happens with all the artificial stuff, you get tired of it quite soon. I wonder how that affects people who live here. Maybe they too get artificial and superficial (and obviously unreliable, yes I am a little annoyed!).
Anyway everyone I met was very friendly, but on the other hand I mostly met foreigners working in the tourist service industry, mostly Indians. 80% of the inhabitants in Dubai are foreigners and from those 80% I believe 40% are Indian. The service level is very high, to me sometimes annoyingly high. You can not just look around on your own for a while, before there is someone asking if you need help, and what ever you do there is someone to tell you how to do it right, or what way to go or asking if you need help etc.. To me that is very American (although I never been in America) and I recognise it from Manila and it gets me on my nerves after a while.
I must say I have mixed emotions for Dubai. In a way I like it, as I like big modern cities, and I do like the hot climate and the beaches and the shopping etc. But it is so artificial. And it is still one huge construction site, I wonder what it will be like when it is “ready”. I fear it will be a little too perfect. It is all so clean, tidy, neat and well-organised. Of cause it is nice, but it is a little boring and annoying. It would get me on my nerves after some time. I would miss the “chilli in the sauce”; the unexpected and uncontrolled. Ok, I really haven’t seen much of the place, as my supposed guide stood me up or at least suddenly got busy elsewhere (men!!), but all I have seen goes in that direction, that is perfection. What really would annoy me if I stayed here longer is that there is no place where you can walk. Ok, when it is over 40 degrees outside you might not want to walk much, but the city is really only made for transportation in cars. The place is very wide-stretched and there are not much of sidewalks and the junctions are all but pedestrian-friendly and there is nowhere to go, no nice areas to stroll in, lest for the beach and the shopping malls. I guess there must be some parts where you can still see and feel some of the history, but all I read in the tourist brochures seem to be about “new” constructions in “old” or “traditional” Arabian style, nothing seems to be genuine.
As I did not get the private guided tour I was promised, I booked myself on one of the arranged tours. First of all I realise how unused I am to go on those things; I almost lost the group all the time and was nearly left behind at the end of it!! Anyway I got to see some of the “older” parts of the city and some souqs and the historical museum. There they had some quite fascinating exhibits in see how people lived in straw huts just 50-60 years ago! Then there was almost nothing there!
Of cause I visited some of the malls too, the one said to be the biggest outside US (I doubt it though as I think some that I saw in China felt bigger) Mall of the Emirates, where they have the famous indoor ski-slope, which I of cause had to try.
It was quite fun and it was surprisingly good skiing, but it was only fun for about 30-40 minutes and than that’s it.
The slope from the outside.
Maybe that what happens with all the artificial stuff, you get tired of it quite soon. I wonder how that affects people who live here. Maybe they too get artificial and superficial (and obviously unreliable, yes I am a little annoyed!).
Anyway everyone I met was very friendly, but on the other hand I mostly met foreigners working in the tourist service industry, mostly Indians. 80% of the inhabitants in Dubai are foreigners and from those 80% I believe 40% are Indian. The service level is very high, to me sometimes annoyingly high. You can not just look around on your own for a while, before there is someone asking if you need help, and what ever you do there is someone to tell you how to do it right, or what way to go or asking if you need help etc.. To me that is very American (although I never been in America) and I recognise it from Manila and it gets me on my nerves after a while.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Change of Environment
I have now arrived in Dubai and I must say it feels great!! I still haven’t seen much of the city, although it felt like it took ages from the airport to the hotel, but it all looks like one huge construction site.
My hotel; Oasis Beach Hotel, from the street.
The street outside the hotel.
But the hotel is so nice!! As I never go on “normal” holidays it is the first time I ever stay in a hotel like this one.
It is directly on the beach, a beautiful beach, and has a huge pool area and all the amenities you can expect from a nice hotel.
My room and my balcony overlook the pool and the beach, very nice. Almost directly after checking in I went swimming, at sunset. The water was so warm; I have never swum in such warm water, much warmer than the air at that time. A sign said it was 27 degrees in the sea!
As I completely mixed up the days of my arrival here, I thought I would arrive the 25and only this morning I was made aware of the fact that today is the 24.th, my guide will not have that much time for me tomorrow.
I guess I will be satisfied with just lying on the beach with my book, but maybe I will go out for some sightseeing on my own as well. No matter how nice the hotel, I am starting to get a little bit fed up at hanging out in hotels. But I do think I could live in a place like Dubai. I definitely have to come up with a plan on how to move to a warmer country anyway, because 13 degrees and rain does not sound to tempting!
My hotel; Oasis Beach Hotel, from the street.
The street outside the hotel.
But the hotel is so nice!! As I never go on “normal” holidays it is the first time I ever stay in a hotel like this one.
It is directly on the beach, a beautiful beach, and has a huge pool area and all the amenities you can expect from a nice hotel.
My room and my balcony overlook the pool and the beach, very nice. Almost directly after checking in I went swimming, at sunset. The water was so warm; I have never swum in such warm water, much warmer than the air at that time. A sign said it was 27 degrees in the sea!
As I completely mixed up the days of my arrival here, I thought I would arrive the 25and only this morning I was made aware of the fact that today is the 24.th, my guide will not have that much time for me tomorrow.
I guess I will be satisfied with just lying on the beach with my book, but maybe I will go out for some sightseeing on my own as well. No matter how nice the hotel, I am starting to get a little bit fed up at hanging out in hotels. But I do think I could live in a place like Dubai. I definitely have to come up with a plan on how to move to a warmer country anyway, because 13 degrees and rain does not sound to tempting!
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