"We were joined at breakfast by one of the "witches"!! (Two bony women with scraped back black hair, pencilled eyebrows and tight-skinned, gaunt faces, who sit in garden too - Nikki calls them the witches). She was Aussie with cultivated English accent; loved London and the Arts (!) - a ballerina also feeling "the call of India". Runs her own company and has a theatre room in the Sydney Opera House! Very easy to talk to but we can imagine a Prima Dona.
Into B.A - Nikki got telegram - her parents in touch with Asian Greyhound - said sent ticket on 20th Dec! (Supposed to be in Kathmandu by 14th!) She sent another saying to buy ticket as desperate. Went to GPO - no tickets.
Read! Bored silly again. Went into B.A in evening. Nothing. (No shops open but had found chemist, so washed hair in afternoon for something to do!) Sale still on - succumbed to temptation and tried on half of garments! Had great time tossing clothes all over the place! (Bought 2 tops again).
Waiters in a bad mood tonight - ours was rude and refused to change a note for us, as well as ignoring us and serving us last! Bed early - reading "Whisky Galore" now!"
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