Well, I got back to the hostel and watched an old movie. I was kind of burned out from freezing on Loch Ness and add the big lunch and pint of beer and I really didn’t have a lot of energy to do anything else. I did manage to update my blog with both entries and images so that was productive at least. It did also give me the time to recharge and head out again. Since I didn’t have anything else to do I thought I’d take the time to look for some souvenirs. I wandered the streets for about a half hour and as I got close to the hostel there was a bagpipe marching band kind of forming. So I ran up to my room to get my camera and made it back to see the band start. It seems that many people don’t like bagpipes and I could never figure out why. To me they sound kind of mysterious and I love listening to them when I get a chance. I don’t think that I’d ever download bagpipe music for my mp3 player, but I do like it.

The band marched for about a block and then formed a circle and played for about an hour. I must have taken about 100 pictures. To be honest this town is really lacking in things to do, so when something like this happens “it’s an event.”

After the band finished I walked up to one of the players and thanked him. He asked me where I was from and I told him Dubai. For about 10 minutes he told me stories about when he was in the Royal Paratroopers stationed in Dubai, before it was actually Dubai. Most of the stories he told were interesting, but a few of them to be honest I didn’t understand at all. For me all that matters is that I met someone new and had some fun. Did I mention that the people in Scotland are really friendly?

The above entry was written last night and uploaded to the blog the next morning. As I sit here I’m trying to figure out what I should do today. My bus leaves for London at about seven tonight and it’s now nine in the morning. I’ve got to check out of the hostel so I can’t really hang around here. What to do? What to do?