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Those pictures look amazing. I hope you've been safe so far. My summer in Germany was cool. Am back now and start teaching for my masters next week. Still need to move into our flat in Oxford but we're not allowed to do that until middle of next week (sigh) so I'm staying at my brother's at the mo and commuting from Croydon. Remember to come home at the end of the year! x | | | |
Mike
Sounds like you are having great fun dude. ; )
When will you be back to the U.k.?
I have just started my full-time job and it's been quite tiring really. Read some of your journals, thought its pretty cool.
Godbless | | | |
Michael! Lovely to hear from you. Did you remember to fend off the bugs with a pot of water under each leg of the bed? It sounds as though everything is coming up roses, which must be a wonderful feeling.
I've just moved up to Durham and started work - in London! Or rather, training in London. In fact, this evening I'm trotting back up to Newcastle to start in the office I'm actually going to be working in. It looks like I might get quite a bit of travel done in the UK over the next few years (and perhaps some international, if I'm lucky). I think I'm going to enjoy it - not that it's anything like as dramatic as your intense Indian experience.
You're amazing, little brother! :D | | | |
Thought I might see a video of the Monsoon here. Weather underground reckons 100% chance of precipitation today and tomorrow, but the temperature is only 3 degrees hotter now (approx 11:30 am) than London was at mid day yesterday. Much love, Dad. | | | |
In other news, I thought I had my bike stolen, but then then remembered the next day where I had left it! And it is Kenny`s stag do tomorrow, which I`m looking forward to. Also went on the uni weekend away with church last weekend which was good, and Harley came too. I`m typing this from his house cause my computer wouldn`t send it, He says hi. Well, will be praying for you and the slums, God bless | | | |
Hey Michael. I finally got round to reading all the journal stuff today. Its really good, very well written and exciting stuff, hope to hear more about it when your back. Seems like its been a good experience, and its cool that you want to do more, but before you go rushing off to India again next year remember to stay for my wedding!
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Hi Mike!
It is a delight to read your diary entries! It sounds like you're having a fantastic time. Will you want to retun to England?!
I have just spent neary two weeks in Poland. The first half was arranged by the Polish Air Force - the 5th World Reunion of Polish Airmen from WW2 (my grandad was a navigator). It was quite something! We had a police escourt wherever we went in the coach, dined at the Officers Mess, had a reception at the Presidents Palace! The other few days of my trip was visiting old relatives in South/East Poland, which really is beautiful.
Hope all is well.
Take care and see you on return!
Katie | | | |
Hello, Michael. I think you have us all wishing we were there at times. Since setting up my facebook account on Sunday,I have seen your 3 videos there as well. (thank you for tagging all those photos for me). I'm not sure I have to do anything about it but when I clicked on the link in my eMail client (netscape mail), it started up the Netscape browser, which seems to fall over on Facebook, so if it needed me to click on the link, I'm afraid I totally failed!! I'm sorry it was so overcast when you visited Mussourie. Have you looked at it in Google Earth yet? It looks quite spectacular if you go down low in 3d - and there aren't any clouds. Also, no smells, no flies, etc!! At the weekend, I tried to find the train route to Bengaluru. I think you go through Mumbai, and down the east coast, but there are a huge number of big rivers that block the coast to many miles inland, and further inland it is quite mountainous. South east of Mumbai are the Deccan Traps (try googling Deccan Traps, as traveljournal doesn't like me leaving a hyperlink), which is the biggest flat lying basalt lava field of its kind in the world. There is also the odd important town on the coast, which prevents the railway from going inland and staying inland. The result is a very wiggly route, which occasionally has to cross major rivers with quite big bridges. Not quite on the Forth Bridge scale, but still, it might be exciting. Hope they maintain them properly - I don't want your train plunging into an abyss. I remember toilets on the trains in Ireland in 1968. They did not have flushing loos - instead, when you pulled the handle, the plate at the bottom of the bowl tilted down, depositing anything in it on the track, which you could see speeding past below. Unfortunately, you can imagine the state the sides of the bowl got into, with no water flushing them, and even in a cold climate they stank and attracted flies. Watch out for mosquitoes. Is there any way you can protect yourself in the train? Look after yourself. | | | |
Michael! Great reading your entries: your language and writing are wonderful and I love your vocabulary! Sounds like India is good too...
Anyway, take care and keep writing! Andrew | | | |
Hi Michael,
The mountains sound amazing - your bus journey gave me the curly whirlies!! Glad you got there in one piece and home again...All is well at home - Ruthie is staying with Simon and Lizzy but the rest of us are here - Rachel's term started today - a clear week earlier than anyone else so she is not impressed!! Keep experiencing and writing...
Lots of Love, Mum | | | |
Hi Michael,
Great to read your latest entry and see some of your photos. Sounds like you have found your feet fairly quickly for which I suppose you have your new friends at Asher to thank.
We are currently in a pub in Falmouth which offers free wireless internet access for the price of a cafetierre coffee! However we must rush off now to pick up Amy & Clare from the cottage for a sail, snorkel & barbeque on the Helford Estuary. We will however look at your blog in more detail when we get home.
Lots of love
Nigel & Mary Rose, Amy & Clare | | | |
Hiya! just been browsing your pics - amazing - well done, Mike! haven't had time to read all yr entries yet but gather you've had the 'delhi belly' - i think it's a rite of passage on visiting India - everybody passes by there! The children are beautiful, Mike, and your pictures of them, captivating- I bet they and you will be all the richer for this experience. Have you met any Rameshes yet?? our little Ramesh is still fast asleep in bed but i am about to waken him - school today. I shall show him your journal tonight - he'll be fascinated. Actually, I've never seen such a clear pic of the Taj Mahal, can really see the marble. Do, do take care of yourself my love. Here we've had a pink tinged early morning, now a clear sunny day - welcome change after the rains. Ramesh is enjoying being back at school - can you believe that first day back was a big fight - but he wasn't actually involved - just trying to hold the perpetrator back - Ramesh, the peace-keeper?? His daddy has already left for work and I must get going. Tomorrow, Thursday, we have the Red Hot Chilli Peppers playing at Hampden Stadium so it means good business for Hamid's shop and I will go along in the evening and help too. Will write again soon. Meanwhile, all of our love - thinking of you and praying for you - take care.
auntie cee x x x | | | |
Hi Mikl, your trip sounds incredible!!! I'm glad it finally happened for you! Can't wait for your stories when you get back to Leeds and hope you have lots of photos!
The house is doing great, there's just 3 of us there at the moment, it will seem like a palace after what you've been used to, will make sure its all clean and tidy for when you get back.
All the best for the rest of your time in Delhi, i'll be praying for you.
Lots of love, Abbey xxx | | | |
Hi Michael! Just want to let you know this journal is absolutely fascinating, and so well written! Sounds like you're having an amazing time, I'm looking forward to the future entries. All the best for the future, and hope you get better soon. Love Jess x | | | |
Hey mikl. Finally found your journal, it looks amazing! Have you tried drawing pictures of things for the kids and then naming them in english, it might work. You could try and get them to name pictures in hindi too. all you need is something you can draw with. anyway, i'm glad you're better, and I hope you don't catch anything actually serious.
Love and prayers
xxx
(btw, we got the new zelda game, and it's sooooo cool!) | | | |
Fascinating read. Hope you're soon better. I half wish I was there too and the other half of me is glad I'm back here in the safety and comfort of our "English" summer!
Mike | | | |
Mikes, I'm hooked! I think you are a very brave man indeed and I look forward to the next thrilling installment. I'll look out for you in my prayers and I hope your diarrhoea cleans up soon. pun intended.
Stay chilly
-Harley | | | |
Hi, Michael,
sorry you've got the lergy, but it sounds as if they are taking good care of you. Love the pictures. We got Skype set up yesterday, but too late at night to do anything with it. Ruth installed it in the Admin account on the downstairs PC, then mum set up an account on it, but at that point they couldn't get the microphone to work. When I got back, I discovered it had been plugged into the line input socket, instead of the microphone socket, anyway it had mute on the microphone channel. Soon fixed, then Ruth tried to remember her account details and failed. About half an hour later, mum installed Skype on her laptop, then realised she had not got a microphone on it. I located my microphone headset and gave it to her, but I understand she could not then get into the account she had set up earlier in the Admin account on the downstairs PC. Unfortunately, I was too busy to give much assistance last night, and I'm not likely to be back until about 8pm again tonight (or any night this week), so if they don't manage to sort it out on their own, you won't hear from them. Got to stop and get on with work now.
with love,
Dad | | | |
Awww those pictures of you playing the guitar to the children are so cute. We're missing you lots and will keep on praying for you... I'm sure that you're having a greater impact than you think and like you said, just being there shows that you care and want to help, and that's really important too.
Get well soon and be safe xxx | |
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