Hail,

good to see you managed to pick up the luu jul! looks nice on palolem – have you swum out to geoff’s rock yet? have you seen the bats at night? it looks ike flois sitting on the rocks around where the bats are, an they charge around at night. are you going to hampi? it’s a good place to go to get a bit of temple in free of charge – nice little hamplet too – don’t forget to visit the mango tree eatery – westernised but worth a visit non the less. Have you been booking the top bunks like i mentioned?

We are in wales at the moment for the gibbs famill xmas reunion – uch food and merriment!!! complete with goeff’s special father christmas house choc cake and huge tree sitting on a huge pile of pressies!!!! Geoff has become a little jaded with the whole pressie thing – even though his whole contribution to the present buying was to forget to get his brothers dvd – and has decided to broach the subject of either no pressies next yearof of doing secret santa ike we have, therefor only having to get one pressie. We’ll, the vast veriety of foodstuff for luncheon awaits! Geoff has just got back from visiting a van shop to check out the different types of camper van for our trip round europe next year (providing he can persuade work to give him an extended holiday!)

well, hope all’s well in the seychelles dod – hail to mama and mamie – rio is fine and being fawned over by all and sundry – i barely have to hold him at all except for food and sleep!!

Luu-  you look a little porky on the photos (not that i’m the slimest!!!) maybe lay of the starchy food’s in india!!! having said that, i am off to stuff cheeseand choch cake!!!!

have fun annd keep blogginng