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HEY GUYS

IM FINALLY BACK TO FEELING BETTER.YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.IT HAPPENED ON THURSDAY.ITS SUCH A GREAT FEELING.SO I ALSO HAD AN APPERTITE BACK.THANK GOD.I WAS LOSING A BIT TOO MUCH WEIGHT.SO AS A TREAT WE DECIDED TO HEAD AND GET PIZZA.THIS WAS OUR FIRST FASTFOOD SINCE WE GOT HERE.WE HAVE BEEN QUITE ADVENTUROUS WITH OUR FOOD ALWAYS PICKING NEW DISHES(MAYBE THATS WHY WE GOT DELHI BELLY) BUT WHEN UVE BEEN SICK U JUST WANT SOMETHING PLAIN.THUS WE SEARCHED FOR PIZZA HUT BUT COULDNT FIND.SO WE SETTLED FOR FOUR STAR.OUR EYES WERE BIGGER THAN OUR BELLIES COS WE BOTH ORDERED 2MEDIUM PIZZAS.MY PIZZA WAS OK BUT IM CONVINCED THAT THEY SPICE THEIR PIZZAS TOO.THERE WAS DEFINITELY AN AFTERTASTE.

FRIDAY WAS AN EVENTFUL DAY AS WE COULD ACTUALLY EXPLORE CALCUTTA.IT WAS A SCORCHER OF A DAY AS WE HEADED TO EXPLORE THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL, WHICH HOUSED A MUSEUM OF CALCUTTA DURING THE BRITISH RULE.IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING, A LOT TO READ, I WAS GETTIN DIZZY WITH ALL THE INFO.SO I TOOK A BREATHER OUTSIDE WHERE THEY HAV LOVELY GARDENS FULL OF FLOWERS AND WEIRD LOOKING TREES. OVER HERE PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION ARE NOT NORMALLY PERMITTED BUT IN THIS GARDEN THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNG LOVERS A FEW OLD ONES TOO GETTING UP TO SOME ROMANCE.THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.ME AND TEE DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.THEY ALSO OCCUPIED ALL THE BENCHES.WHICH MEANT US HAVING TO WALK FOR AGES LOOKING FOR A FREE ONE.SOME OF THE LOVERS TRY AND DISGUISE WHAT THEY ARE UPTO BY COVERING THEMSELVES WITH UMBRELLAS.V FUNNY.

WHEN WE DID SIT DOWN A OLD MAN APPROACHED US.HE STARTED CHATTING TO US AND WE THOUGHT AH NO WHAT DOES HE WANT. BUT HE SEEMED TO JUST WANT TO TALK.SO WE CHATTED AWAY TO HIM.HE WAS EXPLAINING TO US HIS LIFE STORY, ABOUT HIS ONE DAUGHTER WHO HE HAS TO GET MARRIED OFF WHEN SHE S 17YRS OLD.SO WE TALKED ABOUT ARRANGE MARRIAGES ETC.THE CONVERSATION SEEMED NORMAL ENOUGH, THOUGH HE DID MENTION A FEW TIMES THAT HE HAS NO JOB THIS MONTH . BUT THEN HE ASKED US WOULD WE DO HIM ONE THING, WOULD WE GIVE HIM MONEY TO BUY PEPSI.I WASNT SURE IF I HEARD HIM RIGHT SO HE REPEATED AGAIN..FAIR ENOUGH IF WE WERE BESIDE A DRINK STAND WE PROBABLY WOULD BUT THE FACT IS HE ASKED FOR THE MONEY.SUCH A FUNNY REQUEST.WE HAD WATER SO WE OFFERED HIM THAT BUT HE DIDNT SEEMED TO IMPRESSED.WE TOLD HIM WE WERE ON A BUDGET AND HE LEFT.V ODD.

LAST WEEK WE OVERDOSED ON TV.THIS WEEK WE HAVE OVERDOSED ON BOOKS.IM READING LOTS OF PAULO COEHLO BOOKS.THEY ARE BRILL AND MANY OTHER PHILOSOPHICAL ONES LIKE THE MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI.BASICALLY ITS ABOUT CHANGING UR LIFE AND FINDING UR DHARMA(LIFES PURPOSE)IM HOPING SOME OF IT WILL RUB OFF ME.HE HE.

WHAT IVE SEEN OF CALCUTTA, (WHICH ISNT TOO MUCH COS OF MY PUKEY BUG,MY GENERAL CONSENSUS IS I LIKE IT.IT HAS IT CHARMS.THE PEOPLE ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FRIENDLINESS.AND THEY DONT HARRASS U AS MUCH AS THEY DID IN DELHI.(WELL IN THE MARKETS THEY STILL DO)WE HAVE BEEN LIVING ON SUDDER ST, ITS WHERE ALL THE BACK PACKERS HANG OUT.ITS FULL OF RICHSHAW, TAXI DRIVERS ALL WAITING FOR US TO GO WITH THEM.EVERYDAY WE SAY NO BUT THEY STILL CONSTANTLY ASK.THEIR MAD.WE STAYED IN 4DIFFERENT PLACES HERE.

SALVATION ARMY-FULL OF VERY RELIGOUS VOLUNTEERS MOSTLY YOUNG BUT NOT MUCH FUN BUT I SUPPOSE THE WORK THEY DO IS V DEPRESSING, THE ROOMS HERE WERE V DAMP AND DINGY.DEFINITELY THINK I GOT SICK FROM STAYING HERE.
HOTEL HILSON-ROOMS VERY DARK AND WE CONSTANTLY HEARD PEOPLE GETTING SICK OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW NOT GOOD WHEN UR TRYING TO GET BETTER
HOTEL PARAGON-V LAID BACK,.DOPING KIND OF A PLACE, LOT OF KOREANS HERE JUST SMOKING WEED ALL DAY AND HOTEL PALACE, ITS A BIT NICER THAT THE OTHERS, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TREAT OURSELVES THOUGH ITS STILL A BIT MINGING, NO MUCH NATURAL LIGHT.. COS WEVE WALK THE ST SEVERAL TIMES AND EAT HERE, THE SHOP AND RESTAURANT OWNERS KNOW US SO THEY WAVE.(WHICH IS REALLY NICE ESPECIALLY THE GUY FROM THE BLUE SKY CAFE.)WE VE MET SOME FUNNY AND WEIRD BACKPACKERS ALL EXPRESSING THEIR OWN THEORIES ON INDIA.V FUNNY.THERE ARE SOME STRANGE PEOPLE OUT THEIR IN THE WORLD.BUT THATS WHY I LOVE TRAVELLING COS WE GET TO MEET ALL THE NUTTERS.

ABOUT AN HOUR AGO WE AGAIN OVER DID IT ON THE FOOD AS WE ATE OUR LAST INDIAN DINNER.WE WENT TO A NEW PLACE KASARI. THE FOOD WAS YUMMY AND THE SERVICE WAS QUICK.(MUCH BETTER THAN IN ZURICHS WHERE WE NORMALLY DINE)BUT WE COULDNT FINISH IT ALL.BUT BASICALLY 2MAIN COURSES OF ALOO PALAK-(SPINACH AND SPUDS-ONE OF MY FAVOURITES AND VEG CURRY, RICE, NAN BREAD, 2COLAS AND WATER ALL CAME TO 97RUPEES WHICH IS JUST UNDER 2EURO.MAD OR WHAT.WE HEARD THAT THAILAND IS MEANT TO BE EVEN CHEAPER AND THE FOOD EVEN BETTER.OH YES.

WE HEAD TO BANGKOK TOMORROW.WE CANT WAIT COS WE GET TO COLLECT THE 3RD TRAVELLER DEE ON MONDAY.SO LTD WILL BE JOINED AGAIN.GOD HELP THE THAI PEOPLE.WE VE ALREADY SEEN IN THE BOOK THAT THERE IS AN O REILLYS IRISH PUB IN BANGKOK AND THE RULE IS U CANT WALK BUY A PUB THAT HAS UR NAME ON IT.SO TEE WILL B FORCED AGAINST HER WILL TO GO IN AND HAVE A GUINNESS.THERE IS ALSO A PLACE CALLED MOLLYS BAR THERFORE I WILL HAVE TO GO IN THERE.THE REASON IS THAT MOLLY WAS MY NICKNAME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER(MY SIS STILL CALLS ME MOLLY)COS MY DAD LOVED THE NAME.THANK GOD MAM STUCK TO HER GUNS AND CHRISTENED ME LYDIA.


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5 Comments for 'LOOPY LIDS FINALLY BACK TO NORMAL'

  1.  
    Saturday October 29, 2005 | 5:41 pm
     

    Ah the umbrella cover up. That was classic. And a bit perturbing cos it left us wondering with quizical looks on our faces…hmm…

  2.  
    Saturday October 29, 2005 | 8:58 pm
     

    Hoo ha! Umbrella action!

    Pesky teenagers ;-)

  3.  
    Tuesday November 1, 2005 | 12:42 pm
     

    YAY!! I could log in! YAY! *does a funky little dance about the place*

    Girlies methinks thou doest protest too much about the umbrella things - I remember the stories ye told me about Budapest…. would you not have preferred for that old couple at the bus stop to have had an umbrella? Hmmmmmm *scratches chin in thought*

  4.  
    Wednesday November 2, 2005 | 8:55 am
     

    Too right bout the old couple. Great to hear from ya Laura but that was a memory I’ve been trying to repress thank you oh so much! But the umbrellas were all the more shocking in a country where people aren’t purported to show much affection in public. Obviously the times they are a changing. Forgot to also put in a note on the men holding hands everywhere and being all huggy and cuddly together, which is pretty normal there. Just a sign of friendship. Was a bit perturbing at first but we got over it. Kathleen was the funniest about it though. She just found it wrong.

  5.  
    Shelly the organised
    Monday November 7, 2005 | 10:34 pm
     

    Tee!
    Old couple? Bus stop? Budapest??
    What did I not hear yet???????
    Was it worse than Josephs few comments about his sister?
    As your older sister I think I know these things!!
    So out with the cr..!
    Hugs M

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