I just groaned as dramaticallyas I could and complained how long it was taking, much to Mom'samusement. Once she finished with my face, she checked my... nails anddeclared that it was time to get the rest of my costume on. First, Ihad to put on the pantyhose, which Mom had to help me with to keep mefrom ripping them with my 'new' nails. Then Mom pulled the dress outof the garment bag that Shelly had brought. When we found it at one ofthe second-hand places it had two shoulder straps that held it. They could both see row upon row of young faces staring up at the helicopter, most of them frightened looking. Stuart pointed out the way the GPMGs on the jeeps were swinging to follow their flight and he indicated to Jamie that he should pull away."They don't look like Muslims!" Stuart shouted over the noise of the rotors."I don't care, I'm not taking any chances!" Jamie replied."Let me set up a pair of the radios and then set me down where they can't see you!" Stuart shouted."We can't afford. There were no trails, so I was careful to note the streams we encountered, as well as significant landmarks like small lakes.“What are you doing, Dad?” Jesse asked as I made pencil marks on the map for the tenth time.“Just making sure I know where we are and that we can find our way back to the cabin!”“How does it work?” Matthew asked.I squatted down and showed them the compass and the map, and explained how the compass worked.“So it always points the same way?” Jesse asked.“Yes. Always to the. “Of course, I am! Then who else would be? You must be thinking of some other beautiful girl may be. And nothing serious, just wanted to disturb you and test your curiosity level,” she teasingly replied.Man! That was something! We kept talking for a while until I realised that it was the hostel landline. I said I needed to hang up, but she wouldn’t allow me to do so. She hinted that she would like to get my mobile number. I understood the hints and I happily obliged!To be continued in case you.