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Oh, one of my best chuchs in Burundi!!! i miss it.

So excited now!
How pleased I was to stumble across your blog whilst looking for stuff about Udaipur. My wife and I9both in our 60's) will soon be in Udaipur after a few days in Mumbai. We will be in and around Udaipur for about 18 days. Just wanted to immerse ourselves in the place, people and culture. We will also be there during Diwali. We are so excited now especially after reading your blog and seeing the pics!! We will also op into the Lake View GH. Many thanks indeed!

caption correction
Hi Ela, The memorial stupa was not erected in memory of the 4th King (he is still aline), but was erected in the memory of the 3rd king (4th king's father). The third king is known as the father of modern bhutan. It was indeed built by third'king's wife, Her Highness the royal grang mother Ashi kezang Chodeon. Anyways was a good picture, hope u had fun in Bhutan though you must have problems with bhutanese food :-)

Hugs
Oh dear...your anxious godsister sends you a hug, you intrepid traveller. Hope this is going to be a book? PS Younger daughter getting married next year. I miss your Godmother..

Happy 39th!!
Elizabeth, it's once again a fabulous entry - I never tire of being an armchair traveler with you. Happy 39th birthday forever! It sounds like you picked the perfect way to celebrate (and you are giving me ideas for my big 4-0 next April!). Safe travels, happy billing, and hope to see you on my side of the pond soon. Love, Colleen

great
These are Fantastic

thanks would have never seen this if you had not showed me thank you

Mr RAF
Hi Elizabeth. In another life I used to work on Shackeltons which were a pease time spin off from the Lancaster. I have some fond memories of that short period of my RAF history. When we used to travel as passengers we were literally strapped to the floor as seating was minimal in an aircraft designated as a bomber (but in my time was operating in a maritime reconnaissance role). Pretty hairy, particularly taking off and landing. One of my jobs was to refuel the aircraft which entailed balancing with a particularly long and heavy tanker hose on top of the wings which were sloped back and particularly slippery as it was not unusual for the aircraft to spill up to about 50 gallons of oil over itself during an 8 hr sortie. The first job was to use the petrol hose to wash the oil off. Yes neat high octane petrol hosing off an aircraft wing right next to red hot engines. Heath and Safety where were you then? Very often during the operation you slipped over. You had 2 options. 1. hang on to the hose and hope that it saved you slipping off the wing or 2. Let go and aim for what was known as the "Ducks Ass" appropriatly named as it was the extension of wing built behing the under carriage which housed the wheels when retracted. The thing was that as the ducks ass extended back a long way the drop off the end was only about 10ft instead of the normal 15ft. LOL. Memories what memories. It's time you got a job!! Talk some time. Brian

Message from Steve
Love it. Your writing is quite wonderful. But the experiences you have had are even more so!

Namaste
Just arrived in Nepal from Tibet, and deciding to take the day off the streets of the world, stayed in my room and found your great blog entry. It brought back memories of india and probably is preparing me for tomorrow, when I venture into the streets of Kathmandu. Nice reading as always. Patricia

Nice blog
The pictures are beautifull...Take care Peace in burundi

love it
Love your blogs Elizabeth! Me thinks Uganda deserves to go on my list of places-to-visit someday!