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---------------------- Forwarded by Sara Shackleton/HOU/ECT on 03/08/2000 03:43 PM --------------------------- "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com< on 03/08/2000 03:25:22 PM To: Sara Shackleton <Sara.Shackleton@enron.com< cc: Subject: RE: Thanks so much for dinner in BA. Sara, It was my pleasure and I enjoyed meeting you. I am so glad I could ruin US steaks for you, at least for a while. Every once in a while I get together with 2 or 3 Enron people for a couple of drinks after work. If your interested I can add you to the list ? PS - here are the African adventure e-mails promised. Share with Lynn. (I am not responsible for content as I have not had time to read them all yet). <<African Adventure<< <<African Adventure- Safari and Zanzibar<< <<African Adventure - Safari and Zanzibar II<< <<African Adventure - back to the main land<< <<The Adventure Continues<< Regards, Brent Lilienthal Invensys Houston Cell: (713) 857-3908 Off : (713) 292-5529 Fax: (713) 647-7687 blilient@foxboro.com -----Original Message----- From: Sara Shackleton [SMTP:Sara.Shackleton@enron.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 5:29 PM To: blilient@foxboro.com Subject: Thanks so much for dinner in BA. Lynn and I arrived safely in Houston and the weather seems much like Argentina last week. That steak dinner was delicious and it will take me awhile to return to Pappa's or The Palm. Thanks again. Sara ----- Message-ID: <20000125133211.97326.qmail@hotmail.com< From: Tessa Welton <tessawelton@hotmail.com< To: houseboyd@aol.com, charlottewelton@hotmail.com, goddardedwards@hotmail.com, Julian.Ingle@ukgateway.net, tinsle@ukonline.co.uk, oross@compuserve.com, andrew@restassured.freeserve.co.uk, lordyroberts@yahoo.com, rachelmessenger@hotmail.com, "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com<, dopeysurfer@hotmail.com, don.urquhart@usa.net, georgewelton@bigfoot.com, gregorylewis@yahoo.com, gwekwerere1@hotmail.com, captainjaq@aol.com, jbwoodfrcs@hotmail.com, darley.anderson@virgin.net, LeeWilliams@compuserve.com, lba1058271@aol.com, mandywelton@yahoo.com, sfk@katel.net.au, nicole.tate@au.abb.com, pickering.sadlers@virgin.net, sr741@greenwich.ac.uk, Harris.Ross.RJ@bhp.com.au, bentwire@pocketmail.com, sharon.vdm@england.com, tuomas.saarelainen@netmill.fi, Uliman34@aol.com Subject: African Adventure Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:32:09 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Hi All, For those of you that don't know I am currently on a 7 week trip through Africa, from Nairobi to Vic Falls, with my brother John-Henry. This will be our means of updating all you boring non-traveller types of our adventures. We arrived yesterday safe and well in Nairobi. We were tired, but had a full day visiting an animal orphanage that raised these animals and set them back into the wild. We were very priviledged to pet baby elephants, rhino and zebra. We had a meeting of the folks we are travelling with and they all seem really nice. All in their early 20's and I think I am mingling in well. There are 8 of us on a truck made for 20 so lots of room. Last night we went to a carvery that specialised in the local wildlife. Crocs, Zebra, antelope that sort of thing. Today has been a long drive into Tanzania, to a place called Arusha, from here we go off on a 3 day game drive over the serengeti. We are staying in a place called Snakepark, which is a little unnerving, but hell thats what we are here for. We are both fit, well, happy and a little pink. I gave the first of those little toys out today mum, there was a ?3yr old when we stopped for charcoal. It took her a few minutes to touch the wiggling frog, but she loved it. I had to bribe the others with pens so they didn't snatch it off her. We are off now to eat as we skipped lunch and it is about 4.30pm. Love to you all Tessa and J-H ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----- Message-ID: <20000201153501.24848.qmail@hotmail.com< From: Tessa Welton <tessawelton@hotmail.com< To: houseboyd@aol.com, charlottewelton@hotmail.com, goddardedwards@hotmail.com, Julian.Ingle@ukgateway.net, tinsle@ukonline.co.uk, oross@compuserve.com, andrew@restassured.freeserve.co.uk, lordyroberts@yahoo.com, booty37@hotmail.com, rachelmessenger@hotmail.com, "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com<, dopeysurfer@hotmail.com, don.urquhart@usa.net, georgewelton@bigfoot.com, captainjaq@aol.com, jbwoodfrcs@hotmail.com, darley.anderson@virgin.net, LeeWilliams@compuserve.com, Lucia.Caporuscio@tmoa.com, lba1058271@aol.com, mandywelton@yahoo.com, sfk@katel.net.au, nicole.tate@au.abb.com, pickering.sadlers@virgin.net, sr741@greenwich.ac.uk, Harris.Ross.RJ@bhp.com.au, bentwire@pocketmail.com, sharon.vdm@england.com, tuomas.saarelainen@netmill.fi, Uliman34@aol.com, "Woodruff,Woody" <wwoodruf@foxboro.com< Subject: African Adventure- Safari and Zanzibar Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:35:00 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Hey Folks, How is old blightey!!! What a week J-H and I have had. The 3 day safari around the Serengetti and Ngorongoro Crater was fantastic. The 8 of us were split between 2 landrovers, that the rooves came off so we had a really good view. We saw loads of game, basically everything. I was most impressed with the 7 rhino - ok so 6 of them were in the distance and we only knew they were rhino by looking through nans fantastic binoculars, a quick thankyou to nan for lending them to me. And 6 cheetahs as I had seen niether on my previous safari. Other things included 2 eagles eating an impala up a tree, a leopard must have killed it and taken it up there, we sat and watched a very bossy male zebra organising this whole herd of zebra in and out of a watering hole in groups. Also elephant, lions - lots, especially 11 sat on a large rock together, hippos, hyena, wildebeast, warthogs, waterbuffalow, crocodile. I have probably left loads out, but you get the drift, J-H made a list. In the evenings we camped and you will all get to here J-h's story of the lion, but it is his story - niether lion nor boy were harmed. I will have to finish this tomorrow as I have loads more to say, but I have to meet my group for a sunset beer. Thanks Mandy for passing all this on. Give mum our love and reassure her that J-H is really coming into his own. Ross- don't you dare start lecturing me about settling down, you are only doing it now and you are a dinosaur compared to me. Love you all loads, and thanks for the replies. Tessa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----- Message-ID: <20000202101711.47763.qmail@hotmail.com< From: Tessa Welton <tessawelton@hotmail.com< To: houseboyd@aol.com, charlottewelton@hotmail.com, goddardedwards@hotmail.com, Julian.Ingle@ukgateway.net, tinsle@ukonline.co.uk, oross@compuserve.com, andrew@restassured.freeserve.co.uk, lordyroberts@yahoo.com, booty37@hotmail.com, rachelmessenger@hotmail.com, "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com<, dopeysurfer@hotmail.com, don.urquhart@usa.net, georgewelton@bigfoot.com, gwekwerere1@hotmail.com, captainjaq@aol.com, DESDEM0NA@aol.com, johnhenrywelton@yahoo.com, jbwoodfrcs@hotmail.com, darley.anderson@virgin.net, LeeWilliams@compuserve.com, Lucia.Caporuscio@tmoa.com, lba1058271@aol.com, mandywelton@yahoo.com, nicole.tate@au.abb.com, pickering.sadlers@virgin.net, sr741@greenwich.ac.uk, Harris.Ross.RJ@bhp.com.au, bentwire@pocketmail.com, sharon.vdm@england.com, tuomas.saarelainen@netmill.fi, Uliman34@aol.com, "Woodruff,Woody" <wwoodruf@foxboro.com< Subject: African Adventure - Safari and Zanzibar II Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 05:17:09 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Ok Folks, Where was I? If you are interested we just made sunset last night and had a very welcome cold beer. Back to the adventure! The campsites we say in vary hugely, we range from ones with just a hole in the ground toilet facility - like the one in the Serengetti, to ones with proper toilets, showers with warmish water and fully stocked bars!! In the Serengetti we were very close to nature. Too close, we all went to bed early - this seems to be a bit of a trend, bed before 10 most nights and up at 6, we have even made it up before sunrise a few times. But the stories going between tents in the serengetti were of the campers that have been lost to lions. Sure enough we certainly saw evidence of their presence in the camp when we got up in the morning, even without J-H's story. The next night after a long game drive, we camped on the edge of the Ngorongoro crater, a bit windy, but warm, then as soon as the sun went down it was bitterly cold and we huddled round the fire to eat our supper, but all retreated to our sleeping bags soon after. It actually turned out to be the best night sleep some of us had, especially as I always find a lumpy bit of ground. I share a tent with a girl from Huddersfield called Helen and we have the putting up and dismantling of the tent down to a fine art. The crater was fantastic, very bumpy and we were being thrown around the back of the landrover as the driver did his best to get in front of a Rhino, he did a brilliant job and it meant that the rhino passed by really closely. That evening we went back to the snake park, to find our intrepid leaders had finished doing some work on the truck. We were all desperate for showers, even though you get dusty and mucky again very quickly it is lovely for a while. We tried our best to wash our clothes, and managed to get the semi clean. Since then Helen and I have discovered that it is easier to pay a local to clean them properly and it only costs 15p for a pair of trousers. The next day we played with the snakes for a while in the morning, they have a baby pyhton we are allowed to hold, then J-H had a ride on a camel. We went into Arusha to do a few things and stayed at a campsite the other side of town, just to knock 20mins of the journey the next day. The cooking has become a bit of a competition, J-H and I did the first dinner, rice and stir fried veggies. Everyone thought it was great and it set a challenge for the others, so people get a bit worried before its their turn. Since we did just veggies, people have been adding meats, doing selection of salads, cooking the rice with cashew nuts. It is getting like Ready Steady Cook, when they started the chefs only did maincourses, now they do 5 course dinners!! We started the next day at 4.30am, it is a long drive from Arusha to Dar Es Salaam, but we got to see the best sunrise over mount Kilimanjaro. During these drives we are very pleased to be a select group, cos it means we get to spread out and sleep. When we don't sleep it is really interesting to watch the world go by and wave at the locals. They must be used to seeing the trucks as quite a few do the same route, ours is the scruffiest - we are very proud. The campsite in Dar was right on the beach, we all ran in fora swim mand gave up after we were over 100 yards in and syill only knee deep. We had a morning in Dar and took the afternoon ferry over to Zanzibar. We all fell deeply in love, it is the most beautiful place. We are staying in a hotel here, Helen and I were in raptures over the ensuite bathroom and airconditioning. We showered quickly and went off for dinner. In Stone Town there is an evening market that is mainly selling cooked food, so you wander down and take your pick. The first night I had tuna, squid and lobster, to give you and idea, the lobster cost me about 80p. The group decided there and then that we are setting up a commune here and turning our back on civilisation. Anywhere I can dine nightly on lobster gets my vote. We went on a spice tour of the island yesterday, they grow everything from nutmeg to chilli to cumerin. And all the fruit, bannanas, star fruit, mangos, pineapple, apples, lemons etc etc, eat home even has their own tree that produces iodine for any cuts they may get. Obviously we went back to the market for dinner, J-H has challenged himself to try and eat 5000 shillings worth - about 4 pounds, so far he is up to 3000. Today is a lazy day, postcards will be written etc. Tomorrow we are off to stay at a deserted beach on the east of the island. This has been a long e-mail - mainly for the family - cause the internet places will be few and far between when we hit Malawi next week, so you may not here from us for a week or 2. We will try whenever we can. Love to all in breezy old England Tessa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----- Message-ID: <20000205131356.5899.qmail@hotmail.com< From: Tessa Welton <tessawelton@hotmail.com< To: houseboyd@aol.com, charlottewelton@hotmail.com, goddardedwards@hotmail.com, Julian.Ingle@ukgateway.net, tinsle@ukonline.co.uk, oross@compuserve.com, andrew@restassured.freeserve.co.uk, lordyroberts@yahoo.com, booty37@hotmail.com, rachelmessenger@hotmail.com, "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com<, dopeysurfer@hotmail.com, don.urquhart@usa.net, georgewelton@bigfoot.com, gregorylewis@yahoo.com, gwekwerere1@hotmail.com, captainjaq@aol.com, DESDEM0NA@aol.com, johnhenrywelton@yahoo.com, jbwoodfrcs@hotmail.com, darley.anderson@virgin.net, LeeWilliams@compuserve.com, Lucia.Caporuscio@tmoa.com, lba1058271@aol.com, mandywelton@yahoo.com, mikeme75@aol.com, sfk@katel.net.au, nicole.tate@au.abb.com, pickering.sadlers@virgin.net, sr741@greenwich.ac.uk, Harris.Ross.RJ@bhp.com.au, bentwire@pocketmail.com, sharon.vdm@england.com, tuomas.saarelainen@netmill.fi, Uliman34@aol.com, "Woodruff,Woody" <wwoodruf@foxboro.com< Subject: African Adventure - back to the main land Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 08:13:55 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Dear All, This is our last day in Zanzibar. We have just come back from the East coast. It was very pretty, with few tourists or hotels. Unfortunately this made the food and drinks more exspensive - ok, so we may only be talking about 8p, but we are in cheap-sake travelling mood. There was also not a lot to do, so it was 2 days of lying in the shade - the sun being too hot - reading, playing cards and looking for shells on the beach. Boy what a tough life I have!! Our swahili is up to about 8 or so words. Jambo - hello Habari - how are you Mizuri - beautiful Mizuri-sana - very beautiful Santa-sana - thankyou very much Karibu - welcome Fiti-Fiti - slang for very well Thats about it. Today we went to swim with the dolphins on the south coast. Apparently nobody informed the dolphins and only a couple of pods turned up and they were not in the playing mood. We got quite close to them and as soon as anyone jumped into the water they were off - honestly you just can't get the dolphins!! Then we snorkelled on the reef for a while, there seemed to be quite a bit of damage. I was really annoyed by a fella that kept diving underneath me and picking things off the coral. Some people are sooo ignorant - sorry Ulli, I love you to pieces - but they were bloody Germans. We have our last meal at the harbour stalls tonight and take the 10pm ferry back to Dar. Because of some silly rule they won't let us into Dar until 6am, so we kip on board ship. Then we are back to our wonderfully dusty old truck and more bush camps. As I said before Malawi is very poor and unlikely to have lots of internet cafes so it may be a week or 2 before the next one. Loads of Love Tessa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----- Message-ID: <20000219124657.32690.qmail@hotmail.com< From: Tessa Welton <tessawelton@hotmail.com< To: philiptate69@yahoo.com, houseboyd@aol.com, charlottewelton@hotmail.com, goddardedwards@hotmail.com, Julian.Ingle@ukgateway.net, tinsle@ukonline.co.uk, oross@compuserve.com, andrew@restassured.freeserve.co.uk, lordyroberts@yahoo.com, booty37@hotmail.com, rachelmessenger@hotmail.com, "Lilienthal,Brent" <blilient@foxboro.com<, dopeysurfer@hotmail.com, don.urquhart@usa.net, georgewelton@bigfoot.com, gregorylewis@yahoo.com, gwekwerere1@hotmail.com, captainjaq@aol.com, DESDEM0NA@aol.com, jbwoodfrcs@hotmail.com, darley.anderson@virgin.net, LeeWilliams@compuserve.com, Lucia.Caporuscio@tmoa.com, lba1058271@aol.com, mandywelton@yahoo.com, nicole.tate@au.abb.com, sr741@greenwich.ac.uk, Harris.Ross.RJ@bhp.com.au, bentwire@pocketmail.com, sharon.vdm@england.com, tuomas.saarelainen@netmill.fi, Uliman34@aol.com Subject: The Adventure Continues Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:46:55 -0500 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Dear All, Welcome back mum and dad, hope India was fab. The gang over here think the Weltons are trying to take over the world. Well, it has been a long time since the last update. This is due to Malawi being a very friendly but poor country. The adventures in the last 9 days are too much to go into too much detail. The partying started in ernest at Lake Malawi, up until then the driver thought we were a little slow, I was up late, but everyone else was flaking. Our first big night the weltons did well, winning a drinking game each and not being any of the 3 people that passed out. The next big night a few days later we didn't do so well, the other boys think it is very amusing to get J-H plastered and they have found 2 drinking games that he is really bad at. He has even started praticing on the truck as we travel around. That night though was a bad taste night and we had all had a budget and went to a clothes market and bought each other outfits. Everyone was hoping I looked bad, but a very nice unimaginative bloke just bought me an overall, I was disappointed. All the lads had frocks, J-H had a fetching orange silky blouse and silky skirt, he looked surprisingly fetching. Slightly less so when passed out on the toilets 3 hrs later, or passed out on the floor in front of the toilets, and he annoyed a few people when he woke up at 4.30 am demanding to know where the party was - loudly. Apart from the parties we have seen and done other things we have visited a school, a hospital, a mountain or 2, had a tribal village meal and a brewery. That last one was really tough. The gang are getting on really well, some how a hitch-hiker has joined us, but he's cool. We had a couple of days of heavy rain, so people were getting fed up with the tents, the mozzies have been on great form, but its Africa and we love it. The crew have been trying to persuade us to stay till Cape Town and if I didn't have fixed plans I would be here a few more months. I shall return. Now we are in Harare the capital of Zim. Just to make any of you sports lovers sick, we have found out where the England cricket team are and will be going to their hotel to watch the 6-nations rugby this pm and supporting them in their one day against Zim tomorrow. As I said its a hard life. Last night we went to a local night club and the band were amazing and still going when we left at 3.30 am. I have just enough time to do a spot of shopping before going to find Goughie and the boys. I have probably left loads out, but nevermind, you are all going to have to listen to my stories anyway. Tessa ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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