the occidental tourist's kick-off

Ok, so maybe this is a bit premmy - I'm not even in Egypt yet. But I got hounded so much about my shabby correspondence record so much, I thought I would just run away and not talk to anyone for a few months. Then Miss Rebecca, beauty editor-cum-psychic (she SO knows next season's colours already), shrieked down the phone that I should blog the next couple of months.

So here goes... ok, let's see how this one works...