and now for something completely different

a tedious post. still pictures on it though!

i bought a chair! this is the first item of furniture i have EVER bought, although i dunno if I'll be able to get it back to britain, it may have to be retired here. it was only 3000 rupees (about 16-17 quid) and they are very comfortable, especially for sitting on the porch drinking and reading the paper.



next, a short story. i am very good at travelling, i go many places at a moment's notice, and tend to pack light. however, this causes problems sometimes, as i have been known to forget to take, on various occasions: toothbrush; towel; soap; pants; socks; shoes etc etc. i hardly ever forget the important things though because I always check them.

so when me and sam were off to colombo for a couple of nights out on the town, i thought "right, phone, keys, wallet" and left the house. unfortunately i did not think "trousers", so when we got to colombo i had to buy some. however the silver lining in this cloud of incompetence is that the pair of trousers i bought is an excellent fake:



and finally, you know in the 1001 nights where they're always sitting around drinking sherbet? i always thought that was just sherbet and water, like we used to make with sherbet fountains. BUT:



it's roses instead. i shall try this with arrack tonight and let you know...

joe