Holiday Fashion Day Seven

This is my last blog of my holiday fashion diary as I had to wear most of my clothes over again and mix and match in the second week, but hope you enjoyed my holiday outfits.

Daytime 

     Top, shorts and flip flops all primark 

     Crop top topman skirt lipsy flip flops Garage 

       

Holiday fashion day six

Today we went on a trip so I wore comfortable shoes and clothing and at night I had to dress up so I wore a dress. 

Daytime

    Dress and silver gladiators primark

Night time

     Dress matalan 

Holiday Fashion Day five

I met some friends my age in the hotel last night and they invited me out to a bar tonight in town so I had to wear something to go out in.

Daytime

Pink dress and flip flops primark 
Night time

Black crop top Topshop, black patterned skirt

with black belt and black Wedges

Primark.

 

Holiday fashion day four

Daytime

    Patterned top new look shorts and 

     Flipflops primark 

Night time 

     Clutch bag river island black wedges   

     And shorts primark crop top topshop 

I decided to wear heels tonight and a bit of a different outfit as we planned to go to a club tonight. 

 

New buys!

Today I bought a new bikini from the hotel shop. I wanted a strapless bikini as I have a pet-hate of tan lines. I also bought a new day bag as I didn't have anything to take down to the swimming pool to hold my towel, book, sun cream etc. Here they both are...

Holiday Fashion Day Two

It's day two of my holiday in Bulgaria and I have now got used to the type of clothes people wear around the hotel during the day compared to night. It appears that people wear very casual wear throughout the day such as shorts and t-shirts under a bikini as well as maybe a sarong/kaftan here and there, whereas at night the dress code is a bit more formal with maxi dresses and dresswear for the women and trousers/shirt for the men ( however some people seem to be still dressed casually)

Daytime

     Black boob tube and white flip flops

      Primark and black patterned shorts  

      Turkey

Night time

Black Patterned dress H&M, white flip flops,

Silver bracelet and a gold/white beaded clutch

River Island. 

Holiday Fashion Day One

DAY 1 

Daytime

Today was my first day at the hotel and as we got here in the middle of the night, our first meal of the day is breakfast. I decided to go casual to breakfast and around the pool today so I opted for this ( see pic below) 
I decided to opt for this as I was only lazing around the pool but I didn't know what the dress code was like around the pool and to breakfast , for example if people wore clothes or just sarongs/towels so I went for the safest option. I can clarify it was the best option as everyone was in clothes and not sarongs etc. PHEW!

         Black tank top Black and white            striped skirt and flipflops all primark 

Night time

Again, as it was the first day today, I still didn't know the dress code for dinner i.e. casual/smart. Due to this I just decided to go for one of my favourite outfits that I had brought on holiday with me. It is summery and can be seen as casual yet somewhat 

      Denim jacket, coral skirt, white boob  

      Tube orange skirt and white flip flops

       All primark 

Bag Love

I had to buy a bag for my holiday the other day and I found this beautiful coral coloured leather bag. Reduced in the sale. Score. Take a look.

Mount Kili Interview

Last month one of my close friends Olivia Dand was one of 34 out of 40 students who climbed and reached the top of Kilimanjaro for charity.  I interviewed Olivia shortly after her trip to learn about her best and worst parts of her climb, what it felt like to finally get to the top, and the question I’ve been dying to ask, where do they actually go to the toilet?

So Olivia, you climbed Kilimanjaro last month with your University (The University of Southampton), was this a compulsory trip or did you choose to do it yourself?

Yes, I chose to do it myself. There were six universities that did it overall; it was with a company called Student adventures. The trips run all summer so when 1 set of Universities come back another 1 goes. There are constantly people climbing the mountain back and forth.

How did you train for climbing Mount Kilimanjaro?

You can’t really train for altitude as there’s nowhere in the UK high enough where you can feel that kind of altitude. I just made sure my fitness was good, if I was going to fail on reaching the top I would have wanted it to be due to altitude not because of my fitness. I trained at the gym constantly up to the date of the climb and just a week before I did the London to Brighton cycle.

So how long did it actually take you to reach the top?

It took us 6 days altogether. 4 and a half to go up, that was including the summit and 1 and a half to go back down.

And how was the summit for you?

It was the best and worst experience of my life. It was brutal. You’re just so exhausted with all the walking for 6 hours in the pitch black but when the sun finally rose it was great.

Sounds amazing! Congratulations on reaching the top.

Was the descent much easier than the ascent?

I found the descent harder than the ascent because I was constantly putting pressure on my knees. Going up the mountain is so slow that is exhausting but not painful, whereas coming back down was painful. I was so dizzy and exhausted from the first few days I felt like I was drunk, I had to be piggy backed from the top back down to base by one of the porters that worked in the mountains.

How funny!

 And what was the weather like?

We were so lucky with the weather, it was beautiful.  As you are so high up you go through different weather systems. The first dsy was very humid and sticky, then by the second day we were above the clouds. You go through so many levels of clouds so it gets very cold, very quickly. As soon as your above the clouds it is extremely cold.

I bet it is, and was there any bad weather at all?

On the third night there was a hurricane. We were camping in Baranca camp and suddenly some of the tents were flying everywhere. Also, the roof of the toilet flew off and nearly hit our head guide, so we were told to stay in our tents whilst the guides put rocks on our tents to ground them.

Was it scary?

I was quite scared yes. You could hear the wind getting closer and then further away, there were periods of it so you were just kind of waiting for the next bit of wind to hit. My friend and I just decided to stay in our tent and sing songs.

Good idea. Did you get any injuries or sickness during the climb?

Yes, I got really bad altitude sickness. On summit night I was passing out and being sick, I was practically dragged to the top by a mountain porter.

So where did you go to the bathroom and how did you dispose of your rubbish?

Ha-ha. We went to the toilets at each base camp, there were portable toilets and as for our rubbish, none of it could be left. You weren’t allowed to leave traces of yourself so the porters and the guides disposed of your rubbish or you kept it with you until the end of the trip.

I had to ask ha-ha. So, what was the feeling like when you finally get to the top of Kilimanjaro?

Surreal!  After preparing for a year and finally standing there at the highest point of Africa it felt so surreal. It was crazy I could see the Earth curve around. I felt relieved and overwhelmed and the views were amazing, but then it dawned on me I had to go all the way back down.

Wow! And what was your best memory of the whole trip?

All of it was amazing even the worst times, but my highlight was the summit night. It was freezing and even our bottles of water had frozen and with 6 long hours walking in the pitch black it was tough but when the sun rose at 6am and you could finally see where you was walking it was an amazing feeling. It was overwhelming and emotional, even some of the boys cried. I think it was just where everyone was realising they were nearly at the top and the sights were just so beautiful.

How much money did you raise and for what charity?

The charity was the Meningitis Research Foundation and as an individual I raised £2,500.

That’s incredible! And finally, would you do it again and also would you recommend other people to do it?

Definitely! I have got a lot of other things planned that I would like to do such as the Great Wall of China and the Everest Base Camp Trek so I am not in a rush to do it again but I would love to clim Kilimanjaro again one day. It has inspired me to do many more things which I am looking forward to but I would definitely recommend people to do it. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity that shouldn’t be missed.

Well I think that’s all thank you Olivia, Congratulations in raising that much money for charity and for reaching the top and good luck with your future experiences.  

 On the Kilimanjaro trip the students made over £110,000 between them for the Meningitis Research Foundation as well as achieving a massive personal experience of climbing a mountain and witnessing the highest point in Africa. Sadly, 6 students didn’t reach the top however still raised a lot of money for charity and will have the memories with them for the rest of their lives.

Congratulations, all.

Welcome

Hello there and welcome to my blog.

This blog has taken a long time for me to start as I have so many different interests,ideas,photos etc that I want to post and share with everyone.

Im aspiring to be a journalist and am planning on going to University next year to do this. My blog therefore will include a lot of articles I have written as well as fashion diaries and all my other interests.

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