W1B-003 Thailand letters 1-1.txt
12/04/97

Hi Lynne, Well, after talking to you this morning I eventually persuaded Jessica to come to Thailand with me. We went into Downpatrick and booked ourselves onto the cheapest flight possible - £ 547 return – flying with B.A. we are flying out on the 19th June – Jessica is staying for 3 weeks – going back on the 8th July – I 'm staying slightly longer – 7 weeks going back on 6th August. Jessica hasn't even booked her time off yet so she's shitting herself in case her boss says that she can't have those particular weeks off.

I told her that you were in Cambodia and she said that was something she would really like to do. I know you won't be able to get a lot of time of when we arrive but basically Jessica wants to travel round Thailand for about a week, spend a week relaxing – beach, snorkelling, watersports etc and maybe a week in Cambodia/Vietnam. We both need a visa as we 're staying for longer than 14 days so write back + tell us exactly where to get it from. Also if you want anything brought out I should be able to manage it as long as its not too big. – I 'm hoping to bring very little with me as I can wear your clothes and therefore have loads of room to bring stuff back with me. The flight money has just about cleaned me out – I hope to bring loads of spending money but God knows where I 'm going to get it from!

Kevin probably won't be able to afford Thailand as he has spent quite a lot of his own money getting to Nepal. He's away for two weeks to the international SCI Conference – it only lasts 5 days so he should have plenty of time to go up Mount Everest + back. – No doubt he 'll do it in record time! – I think my dad wrote to you last week so he probably told you all about Dermot and his 4 encounters with the police over the past few months – 3 for underage drinking + one for theft! – I 'll explain it all to you when I get out there.

I 've just been round at Edels for a few hours – both of us sitting in her garden, drinking beer, playing the guitar watching Tony work. He's doing up the garden – laying concrete slabs, planting flowers etc. He's actually quite nice once you get to know him. – Well, I think I 'd better go inside now before I get burnt to a cinder – Its quite hot here today although if you were here you 'd probably be sitting with a jumper on. – Write back and fill us in on all the details of what we should bring out with us etc. – We are expecting you to meet us at the airport by the way – I can't really imagine me and Jessica finding our way round Bangkok by ourselves

See you soon Love Vanessa.
