Hi Amy,

I’ve really enjoyed your blog postings at the stops on your trip. You have a terrific eye for detail and a breezy writing style that captures the mood and the bigger picture of the sights you’re describing. Also, beautiful photographs- many of them are stunning.

Your rant towards the end was…interesting. I knew how you felt, and I think it was the result of being so exhausted and sleepless and post-asthmatic with a layer of exclusion on top of it all. On my three-week trip to Egypt I got like that once, too- I felt like I was a total stranger in a strange land, and convinced myself that I hated the trip, the language, the two Canadians I was with, and EGYPT. I later read that this is not an unusual reaction for people to have after a week or so in strange circumstances.

I was greatly relieved to see how quickly you got over it- you are a sensitive soul, but you’re very resilient and forgiving, and those are rare, valuable qualities. I think that the trip is something that’ll matter to you for the rest of your life, and that you’ll find yourself returning to it in your mind as a point-of-reference in future times, and that the personal value of the trip will increase with time.

Thanks for sharing the many good parts and the odd down-times. Be proud of yourself for doing it in the first place and for seeing it through, and for making it so vivid for your readers. Thanks, daughter,

Babs