Alliance Invited

Hello all.

Will start the New Year with a marriage, that is an invitation for alliances spotted in one of the Indian English dailies yesterday.

BEATIFULL, U.S.A EDUCATED, MAYLAYLI GIRL
SEEKS ALLIANCE FROM WELL EDUCATED
HANDSOME MALAYLI MAN OF GOOD FAMILY.
GIRL SUFFERS FROM MILD SKIN AILMEMENT
PREVENTING INTIMACY
NO HOMOSEXUALS PLEASE.

We are back in Munnar at present, me, 70 pint a week Sheffield Mike and Rakesh. Our Christmas coast to Coast ride had to be unfortunately cancelled as one of our team Lilly Ruffle, veteran Australian cyclist took a bit of a tumble requiring hospital treatment in Singapore so all the family have left Indian shores.
As such we abandoned the tour much to the relief of our new driver Binoy who appeared to be living in a nightmare for the last week. Tamil Nadu was virtually unknown to the smart looking little driver from the Keralan plains. For the whole trip he appeared not to know a single road, suffered terrible anxiety every time he parked up, expected the police to seize the vehicle at any time and was worried to grey haired misery when asked to drive through the mini state of Pondicherry. Once it was clear he was heading back to his garage and we found some road signs back to Kerala he was transformed into a speeding, horn happy, homeward bound driver from hell his hairregaining its darker hew by the minute.
Jillmon our usual driver joined us for New Year. He was on a different tour with a group of Indians now residing in New Zealand. He appeared ecstatic to see us complaining of the unearthly quiet of the N.Z tour group. A talkative, excitable man by nature he appeared to be keen to squeeze as much talk and brandy based excitement into the evening as possible, simultaneously holding conversations on his mobile and with us at the same time. An hour or so of this mixed in with half a bottle of brandy had its effect and he ground to a halt, staggering back to the room a snoring, grinning sleep-muttering happy man.