Someone from home at Suva airport
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In 1986 I was travelling home from Papua New Guinea via Fiji, Hawaii, California and New York. There was a delay of several hours in Suva airport. A fellow passenger asked me where I was going. I was going to stay with a friend in Hawaii. He said he was going back to his house in England. I asked where he lived. He lived in the same village as my parents - Butlers Cross in the Chilterns. He offered to deliver a letter for me the following day. Some years before, in 1972, I had met some people with a Butlers Cross connection in a place far from home (Brazil). Butlers Cross is a small village.
Date submitted:Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:06:21 +0000Coincidence ID:7051
