Bed Bugs and Harems!

There is nothing like going to a large palace and realizing that the Harem is the center of attention and largest attraction for the pristine location!  We went to see the amazing palace and also the Harem inside.  Apparently, the King could rank the harem girls as favorites based on how many kids they bore him.  Crazy!  It is only fitting, then, that 2 guys from our group went into the harem with the girls while 4 of the guys hung out outside.  I guess only a couple of guys these days are lucky enough to go into the Harem with such beautiful ladies!  The rest are just loiters!

So far, we have traveled with hardly any glitches in our entire trip.  However, we recently hit one little glitch - we had BED BUGS in our hostel!  Yikes!  You know how your Mom always told you to go to bed and "don't let the bed bugs bite!"  Well, these bed bugs just didn't listen to Stephen Houghton!  You will see by this lovely picture that bed bugs LOVE to bite - with a relentless abandon too!  Stephen has been a good sport - and the hostel has been amazing.  They not only threw away the mattress, but they also tore apart the bed and left it out for the trash man too!  I wonder if they would have been as nice/clean in the Harem during their days!