I didn't believe it

I was on holiday in Aug 1970 in Istanbul with 7 student friends we decided to go to Pireaus after a week or so of roughing it I became ill (street food) and needed medical attention The group had a bust up and didn't wait for me, they decided on Crete but my friend and I missed the boat, we got the first ferry available to the Cyclades and stopped off at Milos. We didnt stay in the town and walk to a deserted beach a couple of kilometers away, there was a single tent on the beach. We pitched camp and approached the other couple, the conversation went something like this Me Hi do you speak English (they were obviously far eastern origin) Yes Me Where are you from We're students in the UK Me Me to where are you studying Leeds University how about you Me Me to, I'm at Leeds doing Chemistry, where do you live in Leeds Near Hyde Park, Lucas Street Me Thats incredible we live in Lucas as well at no. 27 Amazing we live at no. 26 diagonally opposite you (there a cross roads on Lucas Street) We had never seen the couple before and we had both lived opposite each other for a year We were friends for the next 2 years until he went back to Indonesia We called him Mike Malay, I never did get his real name This is a true story which even now is hard to believe since I had never heard of Milos and our original intention had been the more popular student islands Dave Murray