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To: Worswick who wrote (382)	5/6/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Worswick, "These people Any and Suzanne are total wankers. They are tourists not travellers." I agree, a traveller wouldn't, couldn't set up that kind of site. I'm not in your league, but travelled in Europe by train, hitching, bus for a couple of years in the early 70s, learned the difference between "traveller" and "tourist" then. Didn't have "rock rice", but close. Of course, lots of European students were doing the same thing, so it wasn't quite the same, but did meet and travel with Travellers too. They taught me a lot. Like how we're all travellers, only some of us know it and most don't. More important than most of the stuff I learned from the Great Philosophers (and, of course, from the University teachers). Allowed me to understand people like Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky much better than I otherwise would have. Best, Sam

To: Worswick who wrote (382)	5/6/1998 1:00:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12475

'Midnight at Midnapur'. Worswick: That train journey alone is worth at least one book if not more.How about 'Midnight at Midnapur' for a title? These people Any and Suzanne are total wankers. They are tourists not travellers... True but I thought it was nice of Andy to write about it and put it up on the web.I tell you why,it is because a lot of Westerns go to India after seeing some glossy pics of Taj Mahal and fancy travel brochures and the like expecting 'wow what a wonderful place to visit' and take the plunge and once they are there are horrified to see the pollution in big cities,the poverty,the petty bribe-taking bureaucrats,the inconveniences,the crowd etc and think to themselves 'wow what a bloody mistake,we should have gone to Europe'.<VBG> So it helps if people write about their experiences,both good and bad, and let others know what to expect so that people who are a bit adventurous and open minded can possibly enjoy their trip and others who are used to sheltered and comfortable life in the West and don't want to give it up for anything, may go to Aspen or Europe instead. It is like the Swedish tennis coach who instructed his players, who were in Calcutta for a Davis Cup match couple of years ago,not to venture out of their 5 star hotel into the streets of Calcutta 'cos he didn't want them to be depressed for the next day's game ,as most of the kids had never been outside of Europe.So the coach certainly had a point and I read about in some news paper couple of years ago. The best experience I ever had in a train in India was my few trips to Ooty from Cochin.The train from Coimbatore had the engine in the back to climb the scenic hilly regions in the Nilgiris and the smell of eucalyptus trees i thought was divine and temperature was nice and cool and scenery breath taking.

To: Worswick who wrote (382)	5/7/1998 8:33:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Ref: China, By George somebody shut him up please. Worswick: Between times have you seen what George F is doing in creating friends to the north? Yes Worswick I read about G.Fernades and his new diplomatic faux-pas,I wonder what he is going to say next. Old George will some day make a great diplomat, wouldn't he?<VBG> On a related note this just in from Economic Times. No change in defence priorities with China: Fernandes DEFENCE minister George Fernandes on Thursday said there will be ''no let up in the country's defence priorities as far as China is concerned''. ''We need to strengthen our borders with China and there will be no cut in the strength of armed forces in the area,'' Mr Fernandes said. China to help Kerala double power generation CHINA will help Kerala partially offset its electricity shortage by assisting the state in exploiting its potential for small hydro projects (SHP), according to Kerala's electricity minister. ''We have signed an MoU with China to set up 18 ship projects in Kerala and this will be a boon for the state since we are aiming to double the power generation capacity by 2000,'' state electricity and cooperation minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.