Mexican Night (Prague, CZ)

On May 1st, my friend invited me to a Mexican party that was happening at Duplex.  I had joined her at another Mexican party a couple weeks before and it was awesome, so I decided to join her.  The party wasn't what we expected but it was still fun.  It was just a let down that there wasn't any food made by locals.  The music was great though.  It was the first time I was able to get a mariachi band wear my glasses.  Thanks guys!

great music

great orange dress

Czech Republic

Mexico

Bolivia

a different band

USA

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Honest Guide Party (prague, cz)

I had seen that there was an event for Honest Guide, HG, and was interested to see what it was going to be like. I had just seen a couple episodes of the show, so I kinda knew what the show was about.  I knew that they had helped shut down the biggest rip off exchange place in Prague, which is amazing.  I remember being in the Old Town square with a friend and we wanted to check out the crazy rate (when the place was still open).  While going in, a person outside actually tried to warn me about going in.  I told the person not to worry, I just wanted to check out how bad the rate was.  I was completely shocked when I saw the rate.  It was just 12czk for 1USD.  What a terrible reputation to give Praha.
The Honest Guide event had a LOT of people.  Actually a lot more people than I thought would be there.  I really didn't know how big their show is (sorry). My friend was coming late to the event, so I made new friends with the people who sat next to me.  They were quite nice and knew a LOT more about HG and the other channels on YouTube the host and cameraman have.   People waited a LONG time to meet the host and cameraman.  However, I noticed that the host of the show at one point kept trying to avoid people and escape to his friends.  Yes, its true that he might be the face of the show and people are just wanting to take his photo, but without the fans (which this event seemed to be for) his show wouldn't have spread around the world like it has.  I wanted to get his photo for my blog and I did it very quick because it seemed like he wanted to be somewhere else.  However, the cameraman- Honza, was so incredibly nice and had a HUGE line of people ready to talk to him and he truly enjoyed it.  He spoke to every single person(or group) for at least 5 minutes.  I thought that was so incredibly nice.  He was genuinely interested in where everyone was from and what they were doing in Praha.  He answered all our questions and said that he was so happy to be there that night and meet everyone. (He took 2 photos with me, I decided to put up the more unique one of the two).  It was a nice night, thanks to those who participated in my blog.

lots of people waiting to get their book signed and to meet the host of the show

Czech Republic  (Illustrator)

in the guest book with new friends I made at the party

Poland

Czech Republic

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Lebanon

Nepal

Czech Republic  (HG Host)

USA

cutout with the rate of the exchange place HG shut down

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Last Day in Hurghada (egypt)

The hotel I was staying at was the same one that I stayed at 2 years ago.  However, there was a huge new addition to the hotel.  They made a water park.  I hadn't used the slides until the very last day.  It was quite fun, but there were soooo many kids.  I was tired from the hotel food, so I decided to have dinner downtown.  I got a delicious shawarma and cane juice.  Then I met with my friend for a last night of drinks. It was a nice last night.

water park

shawarma

cane juice

mosque

traditional drink with chick peas

Egypt

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ducky

Egypt

Dinner at a friend's house (Hurghada,Egypt)

My friend wanted me to try salted fish, a popular food in Egypt, so she told me to come to her house for dinner.  I was the first to arrive and I saw my friend preparing dessert.  There were 17 bowls!! She said there were supposed to be 5 more people, but they couldn't come.  Apparently they usually have big dinners with the extended family quite often.  It was such a nice night!  Thanks for the night!

barley drink

salted fish

can you find me?

time to pray

delicious desserts

Egypt

Egypt

Egypt (already pictured)

Egypt  (already pictured)

Egypt

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Diving for the 2nd time (hurghada, egypt)

The first time I ever went diving was two years ago in Hurghada.  My friends convinced me that I should try it out and the price was incredible, so I had to do it.  This time, my friend was able to go with me on the diving trip.  Since I am a complete novice, I had to take the introductory course and my friend came along.  She is an advanced diver, but she hadn't been in the sea in a while, so she just wanted to practice her diving skills.  While waiting for the boat to fill up with passengers, the boat in front of us was so interesting to watch.  There were probably around 15 German Shepards on the boat.  They loved their owner and listened to him very well.  It was impressive to watch.  Finally we were off to sea.  We only got to stop in one location because the wind was quite strong.  We had 2 dives, but they were a bit short.  We were lucky though, we got to see 2 stingrays and a school of squid.  I wanted to stay in the water a bit more, so we snorkeled around the reef.  It was a nice day on the boat.  Then for dinner, I went to my friend's house.  Her mother cooked up a delicious feast.  I was so happy to eat a home cooked meal!  Thanks for the wonderful day!

a boat that just stays at the dock

dogs looking at their owner

the owner

all dogs, go back onto the boat!

my tank

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selfie time!

my friend who got me into diving

so much delicious food~

her family (minus her sister who went to Cairo)

her father rocking an awesome afro when he was young

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