louiseinlimbo

So, here I am (in Dahab, in the Sinai peninsula) volunteering with cats again - to save money (as my accommodation at the cat shelter is free) so as to help finance the expensive guided tours I have booked for later this year, but also because I do like cats!  Although I have to admit that there are times, with cats fighting to be the one sitting on my lap, or helping themselves to my food (who knew that some cats will chew through a plastic bag in order to eat a bread roll!) that I ask myself whether it is worth it.  Not helped that much by the weather - sunny and dry, yes, but with lots of wind, so strong today that although it is currently 21°C it 'feels like' 16°C.  Maybe it was silly to sign up for just over six weeks of this; I should be like the other volunteers, mostly passing through for just two weeks, which would be much easier.  The owner of the cat sanctuary has let me off the usual €1-per-day contribution to costs, given the length of my visit, but...