Sunday, 1 February 2009

PAUL AND BUCK LEAVING FOR THAILAND

ME AND KATE AT BOBS INN CANDOLIM

EMAIL TO MIKE 31 JAN

Hi Mike,it was good to hear from you son. Yea everything is OK here with me in Goa I.m staying here till the end of feb then leave for Thailand on 1st march and stay for a month. I will meet up with 3 friends from Goa in Pataya then on to one of the islands It was lovely to see Kate when she came to visit me so we spent 10 day together then she went south to Hampi with cris and his two brothers then they travelled on south to Kerala and Kate came back to stay with me for 3 days,it was a nice surprise as I wasn,t expecting it. It was nice as we spent the 3 days together. I went with her to Tivem train staition to catch the 7pm overnight train to Bombay. She said she wanted to have her last bus experience in India so we took the bus to Mapsa half an hour then another bus to Tivem half an hour and said our farewells on the platform.{see you in Devon in May} now I,m back to my normal lazy routine. I,m glad to hear your doing OK I miss you and Tommy give him a hug for me and say hello. Email me back with your home phone # and I will give you a call the calls are cheap to England from here,my # in India is 9960554435 all the best for now son. Love Dad

Thursday, 22 January 2009

KOOTLE BEACH GOKARN 21 JAN 2009

ROOFTOP RESTAURANT GOKARN BEACH

STEPHAN,ME,KATE,GARETH,CRIS in GOA


EMAIL TO KATE 21 JAN 2009

Hi Kate,I enjoyed my trip with you and the boys down to Gokarn,it felt like being on a film set,what with all the hidu pilgrims and the temples and although I missed you on Kootle beach the boat trip back was fun.Best cinnamon ice cream too.How bizarre the cops coming into our room with their camcorders and electric leads.Their smiling faces asking... Read More 20 questions and examining all my stuff it didn,t help that I didn,t have my passport with me,I thought I might spend a night in the cells,it turns out there was a guy dead in the next room probably from a drug overdose.Well I thought our deluxe hotel room was a piece of shit with the mosquitos and cockroaches I can only imagine what a night in the local police cells would have been like.The memory of that bloated dead dog floating in the fecid water of the lagoon next to the beach still lingers,with people eating in the restaurants only 50 foot away.I was glad to get back to Goa exausted but See you in Devon in May Love Dad xxxxx