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2 only to have one week there, then go on to India but we have been afraid that we wouldn't get to go. Now however, we plan to cut down somewhere in India and make the Java trip in spite of all odds. Java was one of the places specially mentioned in the fellowship, so we feel duty bound to go, and I know the trip will be a pleasure too; so if everything is alright we cross the equator upon Thursday or Friday and will get our usual dump in the swimming tank. Thanks for the snaps and the seasick remedy. Van, as a sailor, is improving some. Every trip he is only slightly indisposed for a day or two and skips his meals. I never miss anything - meals, sports or any amusement. The snaps made me homesick - and Van is infinitely more of a baby than I am (yearning to be back all the time). There are a great many chinese here, many hindus and many malays. The [street?] life painfully reminds of us of china - somewhat the same laziness, shiftlessness and atmosphere. We haven't seen much but that is a first impression. The island, however, is beautiful in topography and extremely lovely in vegatation. The civilization of China is absolutely primitive (somewhere in the stone age) but I think this is just a bit more advanced. We cannot realize that Christmas is so
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2 only to have one week there, then go on to India but we have been afraid that we wouldn't get to go. Now however, we plan to cut down somewhere in India and make the Java trip in spite of all odds. Java was one of the places specially mentioned in the fellowship, so we feel duty bound to go, and I know the trip will be a pleasure too; so if everything is alright we cross the equator upon Thursday or Friday and will get our usual dump in the swimming tank. Thanks for the snaps and the seasick remedy. Van, as a sailor, is improving some. Every trip he is only slightly indisposed for a day or two and skips his meals. I never miss anything - meals, sports or any amusement. The snaps made me homesick - and Van is infinitely more of a baby than I am (yearning to be back all the time). There are a great many chinese here, many hindus and many malays. The [street?] life painfully reminds of us of china - somewhat the same laziness, shiftlessness and atmosphere. We haven't seen much but that is a first impression. The island, however, is beautiful in topography and extremely lovely in vegatation. The civilization of China is absolutely primitive (somewhere in the stone age) but I think this is just a bit more advanced. We cannot realize that Christmas is so
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