Hi Guys and Girlies
  Well, still being in a rather shellshocked state after touching down at 0545 on Tuesday, thought Id tell you that I arrived.
 I arrived
 I saw
 I thought, oh hecky thump, what a superb place 
 I wondered before about getting a bike down here for "messing about on" By the time my driver had taken me from the airport to the villa, I had given up all chance and thoughts of that, but I do beleive there is a small percentage of (mad, mad,mad) expats with 750 riceburners, and someones told me there's a Duke as well. Best roads only have 1 foot deep potholes, so not so bad then I thought. 
 Well its end of day 4 and Im counting till the other six hundred and ninety six days have passed and I can return to some sanity, mind you, with you lot, thats probably too much to ask. 
 Temperature is constant 30 - 32, humidity not too bad, only 98%, but as you'd expect already found the bars.
 Beer is good and really cold, not too expensive, and Im off in 10 mins back to the villa for a jolly old G+T
 Time calls so gotta go
 CYA all soon
 bestest 
 mort 
 will try to visit the board 2 or 3 times a week if poss 
 
  [Edited on 25-2-2005 by paulmort]