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Sorted loot, Carotte.

Arianga doesn’t seem to belong to BBH. It’s assuredly better than Hone Heke. It’s 300m from town centre. Check it out.

We have an interesting book about beggars in India. I’m sure that you could adapt it to Thailand and learn a lot. Just need to find a beggarmaster to provide you with the necessary mutilations…. failing that I’m sure Tan could do a decent job!
We have many good books by Robert Ludlum which we may permit you to tarnish!!
G

well, sounds like the zorbing was fun. can’t wait to do it. Just a quick note to say that i’ve been syphoning money of thew good old account without thinking, and i probably don’t have enough in there, so could you transfere some across for me??? a thou should do it for a while. let me know and i’ll blogg later. cheers all, of to have lunch after being fitted for a couple of dude suits that i won’t ever wear, so might lend them to mama!!!! one red, which is nice, and the other a dull browny beige as the others said i could match it with anything!!!!! we’ll see!!!!!! anyway, geoff said that he could get anyonme who wanted one a custom made hanky for a smal fee!!!!

Love tanya

the zorbing was truly epic! i met an english guy called oddly enough “guy” and an irish dude called kiren on the bus there.when we arrived we descovered that it would be cheaper if we all went down in the same zorb, so we did. the zorb itself is pretty massive 10 foot high maybe. witha six foot inner core which you slither into via a small hatchlike thing. it was quite cramped when we all got in, the guy in charge chucked a couple of gallons of water in with us and sealed the hatch. he yelled for us to move forward so we did, there was a moment of stillness then the world went crazy. the zorb we had was cloady so you couldm’t see out at all, it was impossible to get your bairings. at the start we tried to stay upright but it was impossible. in a few seconds it degenerated intoa mass of sliding limbs and rushing water. it seemjed to go in a rondom directions one momant you were slipping along the bottom in the bilgewater the next you are flying along the back the movement of the ball almost keeping you upright. it seemed to last a long time, and was absolutly hilarious. great fun.

i here tell that you can get around tailand for a month or so for three shiny american dollors so i’n not to worried. but rest assured if i do get low on cash i’ll be going for the lepresy angle as the best cash earner. don’t worry about noble house i will be bringing it with me, and for a nominal fee i might let you read it! bwahahahaha!
going to auckland tomorrow, to get my flight to fruit picking land.

the die is cast.

julio out

Hi jul,
Tan’s been in touch with the bank to extend her overdraft because it sounds like she’ll be funding your way through THailand, Singapore and Bali.
Don’t think you’ll be getting a penny out of me though… I might throw you a watermelon rind if I’m feeling generous, but son’t count on it.
Get to work boy or start practicing with your begging pot. Work on the rattling technique. Hacking a foot off should get you more rupees!!
Tan will blog later when you’ve all replied.
G

How was zorbing?

Cor blimey, there is too much to read here!!!!!! if someone had told me about this i could have contributed soioner you pack o m0orons! also, i could ahve perhaps fopund it on my own if it had been at all visible to the naked eye!!

Whats this i hear about you throwing cash in the general direction of every begger you see??? conserv the cash, not squander it you moron, also desist from purchasing mounds of t shirts and games as they will be much cheaper in thail;and and bali. Do you know nothing????

well, since the last e mail
(oh yes, whats this i hear about the yellow best foot forward??? i presume you are talking about the one i reamarked befor i left, and will expect to find hanging in pride of position in my room wehat i retur homewoartd!!!)

Typing goung badly as am trying to type fats as have loads of thing to say and not much time.

Why is the bunion flying around nz like he had some redy cash inste4ad of walking of training of busing like he should be??????
was zorbing good???

WEll, we are in hoi an at the moment. Hue was the last stop after Ninh binh. Hue was wear we did the dmz (de milatrised zone) tour. Mosr boring for the majority as there was only land marks to see. Effect of agent orange very apparent thpough, and apparently many people still suffering from the effects. The best thing was going into the tunnels were the villagers lived. These are bigger than the army ones and therfore accomodate the westers bloated form ok. Most fun scrambling though the living quarters of around 300 villagers for abour 6 years!!!

On to hoi an, the best place to get suits made apparernt;ly. Geoff is getting on of them made, as much as he hates them, he reckons he would rather pay 20 quide than 100 quide at home. I got a bit over exited and got a skirt and pair of shorts mesured, but stopped short at the suits, having not used the ones i’ve got much!!! G sending his to nz incase he gets a job there. Wondering if i shoul,d get a coat made as it is only 19 squid for a nice fury jacket. we’ll see. Anything any of you guys want???? how about a kimono typew thing for mama????

WEll, when we arrived here on the bus, it looks very french, as all the places ion vietnam do so far, and also very posh. all the tourist look loaded and the hotels are what can only descibed as plush (swimming pools!) needless to say we bypass these and i sit in a cafe while g head of the bargain. He actually enjoys it whilst i cringe away from it. The cheapest room is about 8 dollar, but against all odes he manages to persuade one hotel to give us a room with tv, attached bathroom and fan for 4 dollar a night. Most impressive. Edd and nikki arrive on the same day but end up at a different hotel (7d) and when they hear about ours they scamper on over. demanding a room for 4d (i found this most embarassing as the lady kept giving us reproachful looks).

going to the tailors in a mo to descide how to squander my hard earnt cash. Haveing more fun in the nam now. Peole friendlier in the south, and all the towns are clean and pleasent to walk around. Our idea is to get uys early and wonder round looking at all the sights. edd and nikkis idea is to have a bit of a lie in, head for a bar for a couple o beers, but o shopping a,d the lunch, beer supper and bed (sights don’t get a look in, so we dopn’t go around much together unless they intersperse their buzy schedule with an arranged tour!~!!)

Well, fs mail is the most annoying sight in the world, ans what possesed liv to advise it i will never know. It eaith will not allow you to read your mails, or else just as you finish typing a long mail and try to sent it, it fliks up the message “end of session”! cor blimey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, at leats i have worked out how toi use the blog, and am not the only one still writting in the other one!!!
Well, i’m of to read the rest of your amusing entries!!!! What price the watch???
are you doing anything for easter???
are any of you coming out????

See yas all,
Love Tanya

ps save tshirt for me nostriii!!