Dec 29th in Goa - Happy Birthday Brenda!

Happy Birthday Sister - will toast you tonight! Actually it is night...8:30 pm but just 10 am for you - a whole birthday day ahead of you!

I took about 200 photos today on the beach - lots of kids ready to ham it up - we took great sunset shots tonight as well - We are going into old Goa tomorrow to look around but quite a haul from where we are...1300 rps...$33 which is a heck of a lot for a taxi drive return in India - but it will be worth it. Susie swam in the pool and met some British Mates whose wives all went topless and shocked the Indian boys assembing a stage for the New Years Eve party...I think there was a work slowdown... :) We are back to rice and tandori chicken -only safe food - we had some food last night that had us both gagging...so back to the simple...though the Brits beside us had chips and hamburgers for dinner....we were drooling....but of course better to be plain and boring and not get sick!

Thanks for all the emails - a bit lonely here...wanted to fly home yesterday and poor Susie was worried...but today was great ...so hangin in..!