I'm back

We'll after almost a year I am back. This past year has been a little difficult, challenging and exciting to say the least. Am I the only one that feels like time is flying by so fast and things are changing too quickly? We'll I have some exciting posts to follow. I will be going to Tunisia in two weeks exactly. ( for those of you who don't know, Tunisia is located in Africa). I am so beyond excited as it has always been a dream of mine to go. Now if I can only get to a safari, I can die a happy lady! I can say this though, after all of the ups and downs, highs and lows, and how life changing the last year has been. The most exciting thing has been being blessed with the opportunity to travel the world and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 

Life

                                             Nala's first time swimming. :)

                                        

                                              

                                           She loves jumping through the water and splashing us.

   
Yesterday we decided to take nala for a nice hike to our favorite spot. The only spot were we can go without a big crowd. I personally think i love these walks more then nala does. Its sort of a way to escape the stress of the day. More recently i have found myself stressed more then usual, between working and studying, i do not seem to have time to enjoy the beauty of the country i am living in. To say living in belgium as an immigrant has been difficult would be an understatement. When i originally decided to move to belgium, i had about two weeks to decide. As my boyfriend said he was sending me a large sum of money to pay off my current bills, so that i could move with him in two weeks (in a text message) because he was tired of living without me. I knew i had a relatively big decision to make and as most things in my life i didn't really think much about it, i just moved. I never really factored in how difficult living in a foreign country would be. Things such as the culture, people, food, laws, work, living without family and just about everything you can think of. The transition has not been an easy one, especially finding stable work. Currently i am only able to work for temp agency's and other certain jobs (under the table) for now. Im also currently learning dutch, which is an incredibly difficult language. However dutch is the key to my happiness and stable work. I just took my final exam of deel 1 of dutch, keeping my fingers crossed that i passed. Good thing for me though i can communicate with most of the people here, since english seems to be a universal language.

Even though It has been a rough few months, i find that the time i spend with nala and my other pets, is pretty much when i am at my happiest. Animals just seem to make things so much better. No matter the how difficult the day has been.... :)

My first trip to a middle eastern country....

                                       

             The hotel we stayed at, we decided from now on when we travel 

                    we will always book with hilton. Great service and beautiful hotel.

There was plenty of desert surrounding our hotel.

                                     

    Most of the people of Egypt lived in these type of huts

        in the desert.

                                             

    Some of the wild life, being the animal lover that i am

       i was thrilled to be able to hold this little guy.

                                        

           This is a great way for the Muslim women to make some extra money.

         They cook these wraps for almost every meal. They were pretty tasty.

                                           

   I really wanted to see the women behind the mask...

                                    

            I found this to be very interesting, the people of this village feed their

              goats cardboard made out of sugar plants. They are very resourceful in Egypt.

  The 96 year old woman.

          I loved the camels, also learned that they can go up to 5 months without water. 

        Thankfully they were getting their water while we were there. As i tend to feel

               bad for them, being in the desert heat and being forced to give rides to all

overweight tourists.

                   

                                             

               The desert was beautiful around sunset. We were on a safari tour

    for the day and were able to stay until sunset.

    This little guy stole my heart. As i said in my introduction

   I am the type to wander from the herd. I decided to walk around alone in the 

     evening and came across this little guy and his momma laying down in the desert.

          It was around dinner time and i stole some food and feed both of them after of course 

          smothering them both. Earlier in the day i almost got into serious trouble for givingthe 

              mother good drinking water ( this little guy must have been hiding somewhere in the 

               mean time). In case most of you don't know, the drinking water in Egypt is not ok to

                drink. So they have to preserve as much as possible. I however did not care, once you

          have a dog ( giving you those eyes) while you are drinking fresh cold water 

you  cannot just look away (like everyone else did).

                                        

         Our entertainment for the evening. He put on an awesome show.

                                        

    The maldives of Egypt. We snorkeled at 3 different islands. 

           I of course was terrified. They dropped us in the middle of the Red Sea

             and said ok swim to the island and i seen my first sting ray. As well as   numerous purple jelly fish (they do not sting).

               Our hotel was also so beautiful, i also would have been okay 

with just staying there all day.

  Behind our hotel also had an amazing coral reef for snorkeling.

                                           

       I would definitely go back, it was also a very inexpensive trip.