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1. Dated 2/12, a postcard showing Devil's Island, the notorious French penal colony portrayed in "Papillon". Bud scrawls, "I've never been so hot in my life. Betty passed out!" Just where is this one-time hellhole located?
2. Given the mail situation, the next card was dated 2/10 but it arrived later because of its remote location. On the back side, Bud writes, "You can actually see the coastline of Russia from here and the Japanese also held the island during WWII". The front of the card shows a frozen, rocky crag in the middle of an ice-strewn ocean. Where were these unfortunate folks?
3. No date on this postcard, it's a cartoon of a large rodent nibbling on a piece of cheese, wearing shorts and beret. Betty writes, "Bud had a hissy fit when I said 'No more rides'". Where were our friends?
4. One day a package arrived with two t-shirts ($1.12 postage due). Mine says "My Friends Went To Venice Beach and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" while Vera's (the Mrs.) says "Let's Get Pumped". From where were these wrong-sized t-shirts mailed?
5. Postmarked Memphis, TN, this postcard shows an interior room with orange shag carpet, a white couch and a bunch of TVs built into the wall." Betty writes, "I feel like royalty, myself." Where was she?
6. A letter with a photo showing Bud's and Betty's faces in cutouts of two men in suits: on one, the name Boris Spassky, on the other, Bobby Fischer. Where was this picture taken?
7. A package arrived and upon opening it, we found the shards of a poorly wrapped commemorative plate. Piecing it together, it showed two, glowing, toothless peasants and read, "We're DE-LIGHTED to be in Chernobyl". From where was the plate sent?
8. A packet of blurry photos arrived next. The first showed Bud straddling some kind of line. The next showed two guys in soldiers' uniforms each pulling one of Bud's arms. The rest are just blurry shots - a hand over the lens, stuff like that. A short note said, " Those North Koreans have NO sense of humor." Where was this stop on Bud and Betty's low-rent world tour?
9. Another postcard: A beautiful sunset on the front, on the back, "Greetings from your friends at the site of a former leper colony". Not having many close friends with this condition, we assumed it was from Bud and Betty. From what state was the post card sent?
10. Anyway, after they got home, Bud brought back my camera and apologized for breaking it. When I developed the film left inside I found a picture of my ex-friend, Bud, standing on a desolate landscape with sheep grazing in the background? Next to him is a beat up sign that reads "Welcome to St. George's Island." In what ocean was this snapshot taken?
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