Traveling with girlfriends, there’s nothing quite like it, especially when sharing a room or bungalow together. So obviously I was the messy one, Amy the tidy one and Shereen somewhere in-between.

Our conversations went from the intense and serious (work, rape culture in the US*, relationships) to the ridiculous (what colour car was the safest, what weighs more, Shereen’s medallion necklace or a boob?)…for those who are interested apparently yellow is the safest colour for a car^, however we didn’t have any scales to prove out the second question.

How brilliant to have girlfriends to share histories and futures to laugh, drink, dance and travel with. As we were getting ready for the New Year’s Eve gala at the hotel I asked them both, “What do you think tonight will be like, reckon it will be fun?” Shereen replied, “Of course, we’ll make it fun, we could have fun in a paper bag”….as long as there was wine!

*I was reading Roxanne Gay’s book brilliant and thought provoking book, ‘Bad Feminist’ at the time. Gay dedicates a chapter to rape culture in the US and quotes some alarming statistics about the number of female college students that have been the victims of rape or sexual violence. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/roxane-gay-bad-feminist-sisterhood-fake-orgasm

^According to The AA. http://www.theaa.com/newsroom/news-2011/safest-car-colour.html

New Years Eve warm up!

New Year’s Eve at Indigo Pearl. Shereen is always on the right as she’s got the longest arms which helps when taking a we-fie!