hail Jul,

Just to clarify:

Flight	BA0199
Operated by	British Airways
Departing from	Heathrow (London) Mon 4 December 2006, 21:30
Arriving at	Mumbai (Bombay) Tue 5 December 2006, 11:40 (Local Time!)
Number of stops	0
Flying duration	8hrs 40mins
Aircraft type	Boeing 747 jet

i hope you read your emails/blog before you get to airport, im flying with BA and my flight numbers BA0199, be there!!

Geoff and I went windsurfing/kitesurfing yesterday. First, we headed down to west witterings to take advantage of the lagoon at low tide. As we arrived we noticed some signs saying that whilst windsurfing was allowed during the off season, for kitesurfing you had to be a member all year round. Ignoring this sign, we decided to head further up the beach to avoid anyone complaining. However, as soon as we’d set up, along came a goon on a kitesurf to tell me that I wasn’t allowed. After some discussion, we decide to head to the satanist-free east wittering.

It was a bit choppy, and absolutely knackering, but really good fun. I got one really good run, zipping over the waves and picking up quite a bit of speed. I think i’m slowly getting to grips with the new kite. I’ll post some pics later as T took a couple of photos.

Unfortunately, after getting out and packing everything away, I developed some sort of seizure in the lower back and have trouble bending over. Looking at myself in the mirror this morning I seem to have developed an S shape in the spine similar to what Dod had recently when he pulled something in the back whilst planting leeks or something. Any exercise suggestions, Dod?

Hi everyone,

India sounds interesting juls, looks a bit chilly on that beach? the dancers look good.

I cant wait to get out there, Chris has gone to Meribel to do his season and everyones at uni so im sat here twiddling my thumbs.

Btw my flight doesnt arrive at 00:40 like you think, it arrives at 11:40 on the 5th, im assuming thats local time? i depart from heathrow at 21:30

see you on tuesday :D!

ahoy there. at present i am sitting and typing in the rather pretenscious art cafe in kochi. classical music plays in the background and travellers simper in their saris.not that this is a bad cafe, having just sampled the food, i am forced to admit that i like it here. its a little slice of home, more accuratly according to flo, like totness. this bit of kochi called fort coshin is really relaxed and pleasent, the bit we are staying in is about 20 minutes away and is noisy and a bit crap. too late to move though, we are heading back to mumbai on the morrow to pick up lucy on the 5th.

im looking forward to this train journey especially as it stands at 26hours non-stop it will rival the tan-goeff kashmer experiance as the most hellish journey of the year. the trains have been a fun experiance, and a really good way of speaking to lots of cool idian chaps who are not after your money. the last train trip, from mangalore to kochi (a mere 10 hours) was a bit grim becouse straped for time we had to stump for second class. this means one has to huddle on a seat made of wooden slats with the great unwashed. you can’t move of course as soome fiend will leap into your seat in a blink. it turned out not to be too bad as we made friends with our section of the coach. this included two it students traveling back from taking an exam. a young kid coming back from school, a wierd lecherous man who i had to physically distance from flo, and and intire football team including coach, who were to a man, deaf and dum. so, on paper our compartment could seat 8. on our seat comfortable for 3, sat 6. same for oposite us. above our heads perched in the luggage racks, limbs dangling like some perculiour plant, were another 6 or so people also crowded the aisles, fill the compartment with a humid fug composed mainly of sweat. it was an alright journey though. chattering away as most spoke very good english. we only struggled when it came to my inept attempts at sign language.

my phone apparently ambarassed at it’s inability to get a signal, committed sepeku the other day, its screen dimming in a most tragic manner. somehow i managed to resurrect it today but i am considering getting a new phone when i get a sim. right im off to head around the town.

see you later.

julio

some picsin no perticular order:

the kerelan back waters complete with bathing elephants

small beady eyes!

a nausiating couple

flo on mumbai station with our light luggage

believe it or not this is a sea slug

gokarn in all its melevolent glory

kerelan kathakali dance

Liv – luu seems to be having trouble posting, or indeed logging on at all (she may not be able to read…) Possibly e-mail her and give detailed, short word explanation?