Coming Home

Deciding to come home was a heartache. People ask us now, “Was it a surprise for your families?” It was a surprise for US! All along, we’d been hoping to return by air to Cairo and make our way home from there by public transport. But it was Christmas. We’d been away for over eight months. The travel was nearly always fun but rarely easy. The Middle East held huge appeal but it would be chilly at this time. There was a reasonable flight through Cairo to London. We chatted about it and agreed, home for Christmas. We were distraught to have missed out on Lesotho and Johannesburg but I suppose you just have to learn to stop.

- Malachy Harty