Egypt

So you might have read a while back that i was using my birthday money to go to Egypt with my boyfriend in February. I was really excited to get away and get some sun seeing as how the weather here in England has been something of a joke and is just not warming up at all! Boooo snow.

We had a lovely time although because of Jay's work we could only book it slap bang in the middle of the half term break, and because we had booked one of the "splash" hotels you can imagine it was crawling with kids! We would probably have liked a more chilled, relaxed kind of vibe but we knew when we booked it that we likely wouldn't get that and we still enjoyed ourselves anyway. The weather was beaut, really hot! and we did nothing but eat, drink, sunbathe and enjoy the onsite water park for the whole week. We left the hotel once for a meal at TGI Fridays (which was weirdly different to our own) but still nice, but other than that the complex had it all. 

I'd probably go back to Egypt again in the winter time because the flight time isn't too long for the weather you get but i'd definately look at some adults only hotels next time!

Here's some snaps from the trip.. (P.S i look very young in all these pictures! a 15kg luggage allowance meant no straighteners, no curlers, half of my normal make up selection and lots of au naturelle ;) haha enjoy)

(this face is cracking when you zoom in haha!)

The pictures where i'm in the blue dress are when we went to the NICEST restaurant ever! You actually cooked your own meats on a special stone grill right infront of you so i cooked my steak just how i liked it! The food was gorgeous and it such a fun experience although i was petrified i was gonna burn my fingers off haha!

As you can see i didn't opt for the bandaeu bikini so my strap marks were so blatant! but i thought it wouldn't really matter much anyway seen as we came home to arctic temperatures and my coat came straight back out of my wardrobe.

Overall a lovely break away, can anyone recommend any other nice hotels in Egypt for next time we go?

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Much Love

JessLoren x

Back Again

Hola! I'm baaaack.. (again)

 I can be such an unreliable blogger at times.. Sincere apologies!

 I think the last time i left off i was super excited about my holiday to Egypt, i was attempting some kind of healthy fitness regime but failing miserably and i was eagerly waiting to hear about the date i could put my sky suit back on and get up in the air on ze planezz.

So, following on from that.. my holiday was lovely! and i'll do a proper post on that later on today for no other reason than i need an outlet for my unhealthy addiction to taking and sharing photo's. My exercise regime is very much up in the air and i'd like to crack the whip on this pronto. Last week i was super good and went swimming about 5 times but this week i've not been once! Hmmm.. i think it's this miserable weather that's preventing me want to go outside AT ALL, even to walk to the car! But i have been busy with interviews which leads my on nicely to my final point that i have finally heard my long awaited return date to work. Unfortunately it's not until May :( which sucks major amounts. So i've managed to find myself a little receptionist job to keep me going until then which i start on Monday! I am soooo excited to get back to work and actually have something to do in the day. I am not cut out for this unemployed business - bored bored bored!

I have spent a lot of time reading other blogs in my time off and i'm really getting into the whole you-tubing thing (yes i know very late to this party) But i'm really enjoying watching everyone's video's and seeing all the lovely bloggers in person is really nice! I'm considering doing my own video although it does petrify me because i always detest my voice when i hear it back but i think most people do so i should just suck it up and do it anyway. I don't really have a great camera either and none of this tripod equiptment which always helps so it would probably be via my crappy webcam.. still worth doing? i don't know, what do you think?

Stay tuned anyway got a few post idea's in mind and gonna get cracking with this Egypt one shortly. 

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Much Love

JessLoren x

Time To Dig Out The Suitcase!

So guess what i did today..

Showered, ate some toast, watched a bit of telly.. and booked a frigging holiday! BOOM! :)

I'm officially going to Egypt with my man on the 20th of Feb. We've been wanting to book something for weeks, but we were finally pushed into action today when the price shot up.. luckily we managed to get away with paying the price we'd originally seen! We're staying in a hotel called Coral Sea Splash Resort, and Jay is super excited because they have tons of slides and stuff which appeals to the big kid that he is. I'm looking forward to kicking back with a book and catching some rays, not much else!

I'm affording this holiday thanks to all my lovely friends and family who generously gave me money for my 21st birthday back in December. I was considering keeping it in my savings and spending it on something more "sensible" but quickly snapped out of it and thought, where's the fun in that?! To be honest i don't think people gave me birthday pennies expecting me to spend it on boring stuff like bills anyway, and i like knowing that i can say i did something worthwhile with it!

This is my last chance to get away before i go back flying, as i'm not allowed to take proper holidays in the summer.. so i'm really going to make the most of being the passenger before the tables are turned in the months ahead!

 Jay also worked all over Christmas this year including Christmas Day, so i feel he really deserves this holiday more than anything.

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To be quite honest i've always said i don't fancy Egypt. I know people get poorly quite easily because of the water, the locals can be a bit pushy and there has been times when it's been a dangerous country to visit.. but currently things seem to be quite safe, especially in Sharm, i don't plan on really leaving the hotel to have to deal with the locals and i'm planning on being really careful with what i eat and drink.. and maybe overdoing it with the hand sanitiser!

It's really the only place i can afford that has the temperatures i want at this time of year, and i can't wait to see some sunshine after the miserable weather we've had here the last few months.

For the first time ever i only have 15 kilos luggage allowance and i do not know the meaning of "travelling light" so packing for this should be interesting!! Note to self - it's only SEVEN days.

Has anyone been to this Hotel or Egypt in general and got any tips for me? 

Digging out my summer stuff now is going to feel SO weird.. 

xxx

Cancun Part 2

So this is the second post about my holiday to Mexico but before i start i just want to share a little something with my blog readers.

I'm really enjoying getting back to blogging and writing these holiday posts at the moment, and i have to say that recently whenever i've thought about blogging my idea's all seem to have been fairly lifestyle based. I know i used to do a lot of  product review style posts but i seem to have lost my passion for that in the last few months - that might just be because i'm completely skint and can't really treat myself to much right now but either way i only want to blog if i'm going to enjoy it. So i think for the time being you will see more posts like this on JessLorenx and a little less of the make-up and skincare rambles. I'm not sure if that will suit everybody's tastes but for me that's what i feel happiest writing about :)

So having said that let's pick up where i left off the other day..

So these pictures are from the night we went on the Thomson bar crawl, and it was absolutely mental! To explain the first picutre we got the local bus to the first place but it stopped just short so we had to walk along the pavement for about 5 minutes and after a while we noticed we kept coming across these signs.. Basically we were right next to the lagoon which is apparantly filled with crocodiles!!!! and these signs were to warn people! I'd took far too long getting ready to be a crocodile snack to i practically ran all the way there.. big wimp :)

We went to four different clubs, starting off in Senior Frogs which is really well known for being a bit of a crazy place! The minute we arrived we were handed the biggest cocktails i've ever seen, i really wanted to bring the cup home but it wouldn't fit in my bag haha. Everyone was up dancing on the tables and doing stupid stuff, there was even a WATERSLIDE upstairs that went into the lagoon! Needless to say i avoided that at all costs but i think it's a big hit when everyone's really wasted.

The next two clubs were pretty cool, Sweet was really futuristic with lots of cool lights and Mandala was an open front club with no windows and an amazing atmosphere. We had open bar wrist bands for all the places and the waiters were fantastic at keeping us topped up with drinks. It beats fighting your way to the front of a bar in Manchester that's for sure!

And finally we finished up at Coco Bongo's which is probably the most famous club in the world! It was INSANE. Basically its a club that also has constant shows going on throughout the night, we got to watch Moulin Rouge, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Queen. They do all kinds of acrobatics above the audience and have streamers and confetti going off all the time. I've never been anywhere quite like it and we loved it so much that we booked to go again but in the VIP area. More on that later!

We booked a dolphin swim trip for the Saturday and the place we went to do it also happened to have a pretty cool water park. Turns out that the trip we'd booked included park wrist bands too so we got to go on a bunch of fun slides (one of which had me landing on my head literally) They also had a really big wave pool which was a workout in itself! and a nice chilled out lazy river that seemed to go on forever. It was such a fun day, we caught so much sun and got a good 5 hours of playtime crammed in before we had to head to the dolphin pool.

Now we decided months beforehand that we wanted to swim with dolphins whilst we were in Cancun but i was a little bit nervous about it and not entirely sure i'd go through with it. You see i'm one of those people that if you sing the jaws theme tune whilst i'm in a swimming pool or even the bath (yes really) i will jump out screaming like a great big girl and refuse to get back in again.. so i thought i might see the fin in the water and refuse to get in, but i was so wrong. I fell in love with them the minute i saw them. They're absolutely beautiful little things, with such brilliant personalities. I knew they were clever but i was literally amazed at the stuff they could do and felt totally at ease when i got in the water.

We were really lucky in that we got to do it totally by ourselves, as sometimes you have to participate in a group which means they're in all your snapshots too! It was really lovely, just me, my boyfriend and a dolphin each! I can't recommend this experience enough to anyone who hasn't done it because it's something i will never forget for the rest of my life. Jay said he didn't think he'd ever seen me smile so much :)

So me, Jay and our friends decided to go and explore a little in Cancun town one night. We had a bash at haggling on the flea market (which i am truly awful at) but we did get some good bargains! And we'd spotted a "hooters" when we were on the bar crawl so for the sake of saying we'd been to hooters, we went for a drink. Well, our friends ended up with LITRES of beer. Yes thats right, one whole litre in a glass. Each! So that was them in the mood for a good time, but we didn't quite enjoy having to pay for our drinks so back we headed to the hotel to make the most of our all inclusive, and that's where the fun began..

What started off as a few friendly games of pool quickly turned into "losers do tequila shots pool" andd needless to say we got very drunk very quickly! It was such a good night with such lovely people that it's another really memorable part of the holiday for me and i'll never forget how much i laughed that night. You can't see it on these pictures either but my white vest top was covered in blue pool chalk too because i kept leaning on it by accident haha! fashion fail.

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And that wraps part 2 :)

I could defo do a 3rd part to this cause i have so many photo's but i genuinely can't be bothered.. It's also pretty depressing re-living it when i want to go back so sooo bad! So i hope you've enjoyed these 2 posts

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JessLoren x