Knackered

It is fairly exhausting doing this trip. We often get up at 4.30 or 5.30 (which is two hours earlier than the British time my body is still partly on), and then drive in a truck all day.

Not everyone is on the trip for the same length of time - some are on for as long as 8 weeks, and some as short as 9 days. It is surprising how close you can become to people in just a few days if you eat, sleep, and travel with them for literally 24 hours a day. So I felt a bit lost when two of the girls i had become particularly close to both left together on monday as they were only doing 9 day tours.