A New Month, and the End of A Journey

. . .. well sort of.  It's 2:45 am, as I am sitting in the Cairo International Airport waiting for a 3:50 am departure to Rome, and then I'll be flying into Boston from there. So my last full day of fun was a good one yesterday.  I spent the day doing some snorkeling in the Red Sea.  Kind of felt like I was in Finding Nemo.  I wore myself out, but enjoyed seeing all the coral reefs, and the beautiful fish as well.

So, over the last 31 days I will have been in four different continents, six different countries, ridden on or in planes, boats, buses, motorbikes, taxis, and have experienced quite a bit to say the least.

Some observations over these past 31 days:

1. Traveling with a cousin always makes for a fun time
2. Vietnam -- that's a cool place to visit, especially since it's so cheap
3. Best hotel staffs ever -- In Vietnam and in Egypt
4. I missed my girlfriend a lot
5. Best food -- Bulgarian food
6. Vietnamese people are super friendly, if you say no thanks, then that's just fine with them
7. Bulgarian women -- WOW!! 
8. I can now say I've spent the night in an airport (makes you appreciate some things in life for sure)
9. The airport in Moscow is SUPER DUPER expensive (not just because I'm cheap either)
10. Beano's Cafe in the Cairo Airport is good stuff
11. Bulgarian food is awesome, and their restaurant service is great too
12. Oh yeah, Bulgarian Wines are incredible too
13. Spring rolls (enough said)
14. I've experienced some pretty good plane landings lately (Aeroflot, especially)
15. The Russians and Koreans both love some duty-free shopping (Russians for the Vodka, Koreans for anything)
16. Korean food in Saigon is pretty good
17. It seemed like I couldn't get away from Korea no matter where I was (even spotted a group of Koreans in Sofia one day)
18. The Euro sucks
19. I've been screwed over by "tour agencies"now
20. If only I'd checked my spam, no. 18 would not have happened though
21. Egyptians will do ANYTHING for a tip (especially at the Cairo Airport)
22. Sleeping in a cabin in the outskirts of Rome was pretty cool
23. MT. Sinai, Sunrise (enough said)
24. Egyptian food, and me don't always agree
25. I miss Korean food a little bit 
26. I had some killer Gelato in Rome
27. I saw the pope
28. I wish to show some of these places to my girlfriend one day 
29. Cairo is a crazy city (1.8 million cars, enough said)
30. Rome is AWESOME
31. Athens NOT SO AWESOME, but the Parthenon is cool
32. Sofia = a green, green, city with some wonderful people
33. My hostel experience in Sofia was amazing
34. I've met some pretty incredible people with some amazing stories and amazing lives, compared to mine
35. I've been humbled by the respect I've been shown throughout this journey
36. KEEP GOING (right Annie?)
37. I really love flying planes that are non-American because 75% of the time, they aren't full.  I've been blessed with legroom on these flights.
38. Security is interesting in these different countries.
39. Most interesting airport- I might say Rome for now.
40. Place(s) I'm super ready to go back to: Sofia, or Sharm El Sheikh