hi from india

[redtilldead74]

hi all, having a ball some much to do so little time.this place is crazy in a good way.places visited so far are delhi,agra,ranthowboughr,jaipur,just arrived in jisamir.people are fasenated by the morecambe tops.wont part with them though.hope the boys do the buis on the pitch,so by time im back they will be even higher up the league.

[Brian C]

Hi Jimmy,
Great to hear from you. Hope your rucksacks come back lighter than when you went!!!
Take care and get plenty of pics. See you on 2nd March.

[Keith]

nice one Jimmy, how long are you there? Photos?

[redtilldead74]

we fly back on the 2nd of march,we are now at amaritzar today,going to golden temple tommorow. then on to varanassi then cochin then goa.this computer is has fast has the trains very slow lol.jaiselmar was excellent so was ranthambhour all the other places were good.would recommend india to all,but grow a thick skin.lol namaste from all.catch up when we can.

[Alan]

this computer is has fast has the trains very slow lol.

Have you got a seat inside the train...or are you one of those sitting on the roof or hanging from the coach steps... lol ?

Take it all in and enjoy yourself.

[marky No.1]

Take extra care if you go on an elephant trip :

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[Plain Peter]

Keith - How about a separate forum for Holiday Tales.

[Keith]

why, so that MarkS can enjoy them all in the same place?

Nah, then we'd have people wanting a separate section for politics, food guides, tradesmen, CC's posts... anything else that's not football related...

[Plain Peter]

Never mind.
Anyhow, as anyone who doesn't ignore my posts knows, me and Doris are off to Mynamar in just over a week.
It's taken a fair bit of planning, especially as Myanmar is a weird sort of place.
Not having a single ATM in the country is possibly the most biggest hurdle.
Closely followed by any card transactions (only in hotels) attracting up to 20% commission.
Everything is cash, and pristine mint condition US$100 dollar rule.
I've done all the organising so far, but thought I'd leave the easy bit to Doris.
We need (you have to over-estimate) about US$3,500.
So I told her to sort it out, US$3,300 in mint US$100 notes, and the rest in mint low denomination notes.
I got home from work yesterday, and she proudly gives me an envelope containing:

5 x US$100 (used and ironed to look good!)
24 x 50
55 x 20
58 x 10
14 x 5
50 x 1

Almost totally useless.
I'll get round it somehow.
But another lesson learned the hard way

[stoyles]

hurry back I've already cocked up with refs