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Part B – My First Nude Day.

Hello again, everyone. Here I am, continuing my story.
        After that party at Sarvesh's house, that was how things were left for a few weeks, until one day, when I was at home, I received a phone call from Amita.
        “Hello, Hansini,” she greeted me. “We are having a special day for our friends. It would be nice if you both could come too.”
        I told her that I would check with Mootie, but I’m sure he would be OK with it. She then explained that they were planning for us to come on Friday evening, have all day Saturday and then go home on Sunday. Would we be able to do that?
        Again, I needed to confirm with Mootie that he didn't have any other plans. Later, I rang back to confirm we would be there for the whole weekend.
        So that was how the second day at their place began. This time, all the servants were sent off for the day, and so we had the entire place to ourselves. When we left home, I made sure my new bikini was packed, if not anything else, because I was sure I would be spending most of the day around the pool anyway. I even considered I could end up going topless again, but I felt OK with that now. It had been a shock that first time, but I have to admit that once my bikini top came off, I did enjoy being like that.
        >We arrived Friday night to find Jeevan and Mandara already there, and they were expecting another couple, Brian and Mega, as well. When we were all there, they had a lovely meal for us, then we settled down for an evening in the house.
        It was a good evening, and we had some fun playing on the pool table as well. I had never tried pool before, and it was fun to learn. Not that I was any good at it.
        We shared the guest house with Brian and Mega. It was a nice house, almost as big as our house, too. The next morning, we sat down to breakfast, and they told us about the plans for the day.

Letter/Story 66 Part B Background

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Hello from Shandra.

            Since I wrote this story almost completely myself, I will be doing this second background as well. Last week, we saw how Mootie and Hansini got into the sexy weekends organised by Sarvesh. Now, Hansini continues her story by telling us about the second time they went up to visit Sarvesh and Amita.
            After going topless in the pool the first time, Hansini was sure she would do so again. She said as much while talking to Mega, although she did say going nude was taking it a bit too far.
            Then came the chess game. It seems Hansini was very good at chess, which is rather unusual for an Indian girl. Well, her husband Mootie seemed confident she could beat anyone as he boldly boasted about her to Sarvesh.
            The game was played on a large garden chessboard out beside the pool. We once played a game on one of these large outdoor chess sets at a winery north/west of Auckland. I couldn't play back then, but I moved the pieces for Susan. Anne did the same for Allan. Of course, we keep our clothes on, but that was the basis for the game in the story. Of course, now that I've learnt to play, I could add more detail to the story.
            They were just about to start playing when Sarvesh suggested they play strip chess. That was a shock for Hansini, but after thinking about it, she felt confident enough that she could beat him. She agreed to play. This is rather bold because she really had no idea just how good he actually was.
            The game was going well until Sarvesh realised he was losing and changed his strategy to take as many of her pieces as he could. His goal was to get Hansini naked, even if he lost. Hansini decided she needed to do something in a hurry or else she would end up naked even if she still won the game. Her attack was devastating and almost wiped Sarvesh out, but it came at a cost. Hansini was left at the end of the game in only her bikini bottom. Suddenly, Amita came up behind her and, with a tug, had her bottom pulled down, leaving her naked. From then on, Hansini decided to remain that way.
            My original story had Hansini remaining in her bikini bottom, but I must confess that last bit was a Susan addition, which meant I needed to change the end of the story too. It would take Mega another weekend before she became bold enough to finally go naked as well. In the original version, Hansini and Mega get naked together on the second special weekend. But now I like the new ending better.

            Next week, the New Zealanders reply with a story of their own called “I’m so Horny.” That sounds like fun.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Shandra

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Letter/Story 66 Finding Out About “Letters”. Part A

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Part A – Meeting Lizamoa.

Hello to all our new friends,
        It is Hansini and Mootie writing to you.
        Thanks you, Lizamoa, for a very enjoyable letter. Here, all of us in India enjoyed it very much. So, we were impressed with your method of solving the problems of babies and mothers-in-law. A very clever solution.
        Going nude in a public place. Now that is very bold to be doing. We all enjoyed the story of going to the hot pools. Especially the part about Joseph having sex with a very pregnant European woman in a public pool. And those funny fellows telling all the jokes, I am hoping to meet them some day.
        Thanks you also, Shanti, for your story too. That was very sexy to be doing that on the beach. Did you really lie there with the pussy open while your husband, Mike, did that to you? And thinking that man was sitting so close, watching. Yes, this is a very sexy story. Here in India, we were all happy to receive and read it. Thank you, Shanti and also you, Mike, for doing that to her so we could all enjoy it.
        We are sorry it has taken so long for us to send a reply story, but I hope this one from me will make up for it.

Letter/Story 66 Part A Background.

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Hello from Shandra.

            I was involved in Anne’s story back in Letter 61, where I had helped write about how Hansini had first found out about the Letters Series and how she and her husband became involved. That letter was supposed to have been sent by Joseph, and so, since they left for New Zealand straight after that, they could only tell us part of Hansini’s story. We needed to write the other half, a task which was given to me.

            When we came to write Hansini’s story, I was wondering where I should start and how I would do this. We began with the idea that Amita had asked Hansini to write her story before she had a chance to read any of the others. It was obvious that this was her story, which was going to have to overlap Joseph’s earlier one. While reading that other story again, I was looking for ways I could tell this same story but from Hansini’s viewpoint instead of Joseph’s.
            Here is the result. Is there too much repeated material? I hope not, but maybe there is. Part A really covers most of what has already been covered to some extent in other stories, but I hope for a fresh viewpoint from a new character in the Letters Series.

            Next week, in Part B, Hansini will continue with her story to cover events we have not seen before. Keep in mind that all through this period, we are building towards the big story of this volume, where Katrina, the young servant-girl, begins writing her series of stories. A lot of what we cover in these stories is setting the scene for Katrina to build on.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Shandra.

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Letter/Story 65 Nudist Exhibitionism.

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Hi, it is Shanti again.
        Thanks for that great letter, Lizamoa. I agree with you, things are going well for you guys. We enjoyed having you all stay in our house. I know there were a lot of people in one house, but it all went well. Of course, what happened between Joseph and Jenny at the hot pools was fun too. A total surprise for all of us, but sexy fun. It set things for Mike and me swapping with them for the night, which was a pleasant surprise too.
        Finally, before I get on with my story, I want to say you have found a very nice house, set in the bush like that, it is very beautiful and nice inside too.

Letter/Story 65 Background

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Hello from Anne.
            When we rebuilt the old Volume 5 into two volumes, we added a number of new stories. To help with these, we invited the three new members of our writing team to do a story each. This is Ayaka’s first attempt at a full story herself. Later in this volume, we get to read Kim’s story, then Rajah opens the new Volume 6 with his story. But for now, let me hand over to Ayaka.

Hi, Ayaka here.
            I wanted to try a complete story for myself. I had done a lot of work, adding to and improving other stories, but never done one myself. When I brought this up at a meeting, everyone was keen for me to have a go. As Anne mentioned above, the rebuild in early 2013 gave me this chance.
            I have always liked the story Shandra wrote about Lizamoa putting on a sexy show for that guy in the Game Reserve. This was back in Letter 14. Doing that, I have always thought it would be so hot.

            One day, I was talking to a friend of mine online in a chat program. He is a lot older than me but I like him, and so I was thinking about some sexy idea for some fun for him. I told him a story of us being at a beach, being nude, and I was giving a sexy display for a stranger walking by. This was very sexy for both of us, and it led to us doing the cyber-sex and both having good orgasms. He said that this was one of the best he had in a very long time. I was so happy for that too. So happy I had made him do that.
            When Anne said I could do a story, my mind went back to that cyber-sex session. I suggested this to her. She liked the idea but warned me not to copy that other story from the Game Reserve, but instead, do something different for myself. Of course, I had to change the names to people within the story and later needed to make a few other changes as well.

            Now my story was completed, and we were wondering where to place it in the series. Because of the way I had written it without any reference to other letters, it really could have been placed almost anywhere within the Letters Series. Like Anne said above, they needed a couple of extra stories to build Volume 5 up a bit, and so to my surprise, it was placed here even though the surrounding stories had been written long before I ever heard about the Letters Project.
            So I want to dedicate this story to my online friend. He will know who he is when he reads this. It is not what we did online, I know this, but it came from that idea, so to my friend I want to say thank you twice. First, for the two great orgasms you gave me and second, for the great story idea too. Big kiss to you!

            Now it is 2026. Allan Snr is doing a huge favour for Anne by going through recording, and improving the earlier stories. Recently, he contacted me and explained that he will be working on my story, and if there were any improvements I wanted, now would be a good time to do them. We sat down together and read the story. Yes, we made some changes, but not many. But we did make a lot of corrections to grammar and punctuation.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Ayaka.

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Letter/Story 64 Joseph & Lizamoa in New Zealand.

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Hi from me to all of you.
        It is Lizamoa here.
        As you will be knowing, we have now arrived in New Zealand, and now we are under the kind care of Mike and Shanti, living in their house. It is very good of them to do this for us.
        When we arrived at Auckland, we were very tired. It had been a long flight, even though we had arranged a stopover in Singapore. On the flight, the baby, Jagesh, wouldn’t settle, and this kept us awake. My mother-in-law, Greeshma, was also very tired as well. But we are here safely, and we are thankful for that too.
        Now we are settled in here, and we are working on the many arrangements which must be made before Joseph, my husband, must report to his job at the Waitakere Park Centre. First off, Peter had a car here waiting for us, so we have our own transport. Shanti had contacted a friend who has a beautiful house which is available to rent. We went to visit this house, and we are very happy with it. We have paid the deposit on it because we must keep it, but it means we will need to pay the rent for almost a month before we can move to the house. Mike says in this area, finding a house to rent at a reasonable price is very hard, so we must do it.

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Hi, Allan here.
            Vol 4 ended with Joseph and Lizamoa about to move to New Zealand. Anne and Shandra were writing a great story about how they left India with a big farewell party, but we also needed a story about them settling into New Zealand as well.
            My original intention was to write a non-sexy story here about how they arrived in New Zealand. They stayed with Mike and Shanti while they waited for their furniture to arrive, and they could settle into their new house. But then I came up with an idea of having a sexy trip to the hot pools.
            So that is how I wrote it with Lizamoa becoming distracted from her story and telling us about an interesting sex session between her husband Joseph and one of the European girls, Jenny.
            This story is different in several ways:-
                    First – It happened in a public place.
                    Second – It involved a very pregnant woman.
                    Third – Everyone present was totally surprised by what happened, including Joseph himself.
                    Fourth – The group were sitting around making funny jokes while they watched these two having sex.

            I have to add that once I began writing the sexy bit, Susan joined in, and we worked on the sex and jokes together. We work well together, feeding off each other with ideas. I know it is not that sexy, but I believe we achieved a nice balance of fun and sex.

            You might notice that most of the stories around here came from New Zealand. It just seemed that we had more stories like that at this point, so let us just say it took the Indians a while to get organised with their stories. When they start, they will have a couple of big ones.
            In the meantime, next week we have a surprise for you. A new member of the real writer's team will publish her first story on this blog.

        It is interesting how the theme of Jenny being pregnant came up for publishing just at this time, when two of the writers, Anne and Susan, are now pregnant too. This story and most of the surrounding ones were written a long time ago, in early 2008. (See the Timeline Page)

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Allan and Susan.

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Letter/Story 63 We Are Coming to New Zealand. Part B.

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Part B - The Farewell Party.

Hi from Joseph.
        On the day of the party, we had arranged to stay at Sarvesh’s house afterwards, so we took our overnight gear as well.
        It was a big party, and of course, many people from the town were there too. Sarvesh and Amita really know how to throw a good party. After the grand meal, all the guests began to leave about mid-afternoon. We asked Hansini and Mootie to stay back, and soon only eight people remained.
        These were four couples: Amita and Sarvesh, Mandara and Jeevan, Hansini and Mootie, and, of course, Lizamoa and myself.
        Sarvesh suggested that we go out to sit beside the pool for some drinks. It was nice under the shade by the pool, and soon Jeevan suggested we go for a swim. Everyone agreed except Mootie and Hansini, who did not have swimming gear.
        “That’s OK,” said Amita “, I am sure Mootie can borrow something from Sarvesh and let’s see if we can find something for you too, Hansini.”

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Part B – The Farewell Party.

Hi, I am Shandra,
            I am going to be your guide for Part B of this story.
            When we knew where we were going with the new Letters series, we all burst into action. Susan began working on the opening story of Volume 5 as an introduction to the new series of stories, and Allan began writing the second story about Joseph and Lizamoa settling into New Zealand.
            Meanwhile, I was helping Anne complete this story and doing a small one myself on the visit to the Taj Mahal, which became the final story of Volume 4.

            In this story, the actual farewell party, which many of the people from the town were invited to attend, is hardly mentioned. What we were more interested in was what happened after all the other guests had gone.
            After sitting beside the pool for a while, they decide to go swimming. The next part, where Hansini didn’t have a swimsuit and borrowed a bikini from Amita, is based on what happened to me. Let me explain:-
            I didn’t own a bikini because still living at my parents’ house, it would have caused problems. My stepfather, a New Zealand European, would have been OK with it, but my real mother, an Indian from Malaysia, would have very different views. I thought it was sexy seeing Anne and Susan wearing their bikinis, and one day I mentioned this to Anne. Next time we went swimming, she offered to loan me one of hers. It was at a beach, and I was a bit nervous. My God! I was showing so much flesh, but I was excited too, and I went through with it. Soon, I was wearing a bikini almost every time I went swimming. Yes, I’d just get my old one-piece wet to make it look like I wore that. Before long, Anne had sort of given me that green bikini. She said it looked better on me because the emerald green went with my darker skin.
            Of course, later we were doing a lot more than wearing bikinis. The part where the girls stage a fight in front of Hansini was also something we did as well. We were at the beach one day, and further along, a couple of girls were swimming topless. Susan and I got into a fight trying to take each other’s tops off. Susan had nothing to lose since she was happy going topless anyway, but for me, it was different. I'd never been topless in public before and wasn't sure I wanted to.
            Of course, we both ended up topless, and then we turned on Anne, too, but before we could reach her, she had just taken her top off. Spoilsport! It would have been fun to rip it off her! So we began going topless and then later nude whenever we had the chance.
            So, I quickly found that going swimming that way was fun and sexy. It felt good to leave the girls free on my chest to do what they wanted. I'm sure they appreciated going unrestrained by a bikini top or bra. Now I would say I swim nude more often than I swim wearing any kind of swimsuit.

            The story ends with the suggestion of playing the game Strip, but Mootie wasn’t sure Hansini wanted to do it, so they left to go home. Joseph tells us that Lizamoa is sure she will do it next time, and she teased him about it, too. We thought about doing a story about her playing 'Strip', but then decided we'd covered this theme enough already.
            Joseph also tells us that Amita and Sarvesh intend to have other fun times with Mootie and Hansini joining them. This now sets up the Indian side of the story, too. They will use these special times at Sarvesh's house when they send the staff away, for many future sexy adventures.

            Next week, we get to read how Joseph and Lizamoa settle into New Zealand. It might not seem like a very sexy story at first, but wait until you read what happens in the spa pool.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Shandra.

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Letter/Story 63 We Are Coming to New Zealand. - Part A

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Part A – Meeting Mootie and Hansini.

Dear readers of Letters.
        It is Joseph here. Hi from India.
        It seems like this will be the last time I will be able to write “Hi from India.” Very soon, I will need to be writing “Hi from New Zealand.” There are now only four days before we leave India. I am not sure we will get time to complete this story before we leave.

        (Editor Note: - Actually, most of this story was completed before Joseph and Lizamoa moved to New Zealand, so 'Hi from India' is probably correct. It appears Joseph might have written the opening section about his new job 3 weeks before their departure, while the main story was started about four days before departure and finished in New Zealand.)

Letter/Story 63 Part A Background.

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Part A – Meeting Mootie and Hansini.

Hello from Anne.

            We had decided it was time to end the Letters Series. With Joseph and Lizamoa moving to New Zealand, that about finished things. The idea was that once they were in New Zealand, writing letters to each other would no longer be necessary, so the Story would end there. This story was originally designed to be the big ending for the series, featuring a farewell party and their move to New Zealand. But then, as I began to write, things changed.
            We were talking over a meal one night, and the subject came up again.
            Shandra said, “I’m going to miss writing when the series ends.”
            I agreed with her, saying, “Yes, I feel the same way, but what can we do? It's over.”
            “Then why are you stopping?” Allan asked us.
            “What do you mean?” I asked him.
            “You do not need to stop writing. You can still continue the story."
            “How can we?” I replied. “We have sort of painted ourselves into a corner with Joseph and Lizamoa moving to New Zealand.”
            “Not necessarily. There is still a group in India and another group in New Zealand. Why can’t they write to each other?”
            Of course, the idea quickly caught on, and we began working out how the series could continue. Our final plan was to form two teams, which would begin swapping stories. Susan came up with an opening to this new series in Letter/Story 62, the first story of Volume 5.
            It was time to recognise that these were no longer letters but an exchange of stories. So Volume 5 became a change series from Letters to Stories, hence the Letter/Story title to each one.
            Part of this planning involved coming up with some themes for the next series of stories. We then realised that we had actually started to develop two of these already. The first was the servant girl, Katrina, and the second was the man from the Game Reserve, Mootie.
            First Mootie and Hansini. Mootie had already replaced Joseph in the Game Reserve. They had met the two Indian couples, Sarvesh and Amita; Jeevan and Mandara. So it was just a case of them becoming friends.
            Later, Katrina would be worked into the stores with her own series, but at this point, there was some doubt as to whether she would become part of the group and join the sexual fun. More about her later.
            So this story I was writing suddenly had two objectives. The first was to move Joseph and Lizamoa to New Zealand, and the second was to introduce Mootie and his wife as replacements in India. So with these two ideas before me, I set off to rewrite parts I had completed and then finish this story. The Letters Series was going to keep going!

            The main part of the story is the conversation that Joseph and Lizamoa had with Mootie and his wife, Hansini. It was a bit of a surprise when they discovered Hansini knew about the events that happened at the lake all those years ago. It is obvious Lizamoa was embarrassed by this, but then a bit amused when she discovered Hansini thought their adventure was a sexy turn-on.
            The original version of this story was weak and wooden, so in early 2026 it underwent a major rewrite. We had a lot more experience by then, and so as a group we worked over the conversation line by line. Nothing was kept without it first being challenged. I'm sure the final result is a lot better. Nothing of the original storyline was lost, just the conversation was improved.
            Later in the conversation, the subject of nude swimming came up. When Lizamoa asked Hansini directly if she would join, it was once again obvious she was interested. This was not one of your average Indian girls; in fact, it appears she might be quite bold and outgoing.
            The conversation finished with Lizamoa inviting them to the farewell party being held at Sarvesh and Amita’s house. Mootie and Hansini agreed to come. This is the one big change; Mootie and Joseph were never meant to attend the going-away party, but we needed them to meet the other couples of Letters.
            So that's how we kept Letters going. I'm so pleased that we did. Been a lot of fun for us since then.

            So next is Part B of this story, where they attend this big party. But what happens when most of the important guests from the town have left?

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Anne.

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Letter/Story 62 We Need to Change “Letters”.

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(From Shanti)
        Hi from me to all of you.
        As you will know, The Letters Book originally started as the correspondence between Joseph and me. Over time, more and more people have become involved and even added their own stories as well.
        First, we began to involve our spouses, Lizamoa and Mike, in our letter writing. Later, our friends became involved: Jenny and Peter, then Steve and Sharon from New Zealand. While in India, the couples, Sarvesh and Amita, Jeevan and Mandara, were involved. And I have just come to learn that Mootie and Hansini have now become involved as well. Joseph will tell the story of how this happened in the next story we send to you all.

        When we were in India, we decided to give each couple their own copy of The Letters Book, so as soon as I got back to New Zealand, I started working on this project. But I must confess, I didn’t get very far. Now I have given up work before my baby was born, this project was a good one for me to pick up and complete.
        I found some beautiful black leather binders, which I decided to use. I carefully went back through all the letters, editing them and then making enough copies for everyone. So now you will all have your very own copies of the Letters Series to enjoy for your private fun.
        It was expensive sending these heavy, made-up volumes to India, but I'm sure you will agree it was worth it. Once this current volume is finished, it will be easier to send the empty binders, and then you will fill them yourselves. Now I hope this means we will get to read and write many more stories for the "Naughty Letters Book." Ha! Ha!

Letter/Story 62 Background

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Hello from Susan.

            Notice the heading of this story. It reflects the fact that we were now moving away from a record of a correspondence between two people and more towards a collection of stories swapped between two groups of people. After this volume, you will notice that we dropped the word “letter” altogether and just call them what they have become, stories. In this volume, we also dropped the address at the top of each letter since, by now, we consider that the letters were being swapped via email rather than postal mail.
            So this story is a major turning point in the Letters Project. Our original intention was to finish the story with Joseph and Lizamoa moving to New Zealand. The assumption is that they lived happily ever after. But as we told you in the last few backgrounds of Vol 4, we were enjoying it, and we didn’t want to stop writing.
            The plan we came up with was to begin this new series of stories by creating a few transition stories that act as a turning point for the letters as Joseph moves to New Zealand with his family. The next two letters will also reflect this change before we settle into a new series and new themes. (See what Anne says about this next week.)
            So welcome to a new volume and the new letters, which are now more stories than letters. I hope you continue to follow our blog and enjoy our stories.
            Next week, we have Joseph tell us about the very last few days they were in India when Sarvesh and Amita threw a going-away party for them at the Big House.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Susan.

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Letter 61 The Taj Mahal.

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From Joseph,            
The Game Reserve,                
Andhra Pradesh,                    
India.                        

            To Shanti,
                Titirangi,
                    Auckland,
                        New Zealand.

Dear Shanti and Mike,
        Hi from India (New Zealand) Ha Ha.
        It is Lizamoa here. It seems I will be writing the very last letter for the letters books before we begin living in New Zealand.
        We had a very good journey coming to New Zealand. Yes, I know Joseph and I have travelled that trip before, but this time we had two extra with us, Jagesh and my mother-in-law, Greeshma.
        But Amita, I will tell you more about our trip in another letter. Tonight I have not got very much time on the computer, and I want to write the story that I promised to do. After telling everyone to leave the story of our visit to the Taj Mahal for me, I became so busy, and with the last week before we left for New Zealand, I didn't do anything. Here I am doing now.

        So as Shanti has told, Sarvesh arranged a small tour taking in the sights of the three cities of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra. The most important sight to see in Agra is the Taj Mahal. The public usually enter by The Great Gate (Darwaza-irauza)—gateway to the Taj Mahal. Once inside, you find yourself within the most lovely gardens. Yes, we enjoyed seeing these and how well they were carefully maintained.
        Then you come upon that lovely view of the Taj Mahal itself. I am sure you remember that beautiful picture view with that long ornamental reflecting pool, which is most famous. We were taking the photos, and it looked like everyone there was also taking many photos. With the sunlight shining off the dome of white marble, it was a very beautiful sight, but very hard to take a good photograph too.
        When we were close to the building, we could see all the stonework of the building, which looked like carving from a distance but was actually inlaid stone work. Mike said it would have taken a long time to do all this work.
        We were able to go inside, and if we thought the outside was beautiful, it was nothing when we compared it with the inside. Again, there was very beautiful craftsmanship and inlaid precious stones.
        Yes, if anyone goes to India, they must not be missing this beautiful building.

        But the lovely work of the building is not the only part of the Taj Mahal. There is also a story behind it too. The story goes that it was constructed by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his queen Mumtaz Mahal, whom he loved very much. When she died while giving birth, the emperor was grief-stricken.
        It took one year to plan the building and find the craftsmen to do the job. So, one year after her death, with his heart still broken, the emperor oversaw the beginning of the construction of this wonderful project to remember her. It took a large team of workers 22 years to complete (1630-1652 AD).
        Often, there is the story told that once construction was finished, the emperor had all the architects and craftsmen killed by horrific deaths. This was so that another building could not be made like this one. But there has been no evidence found that this actually happened. I can not believe that a man who had so much love for his wife could ever do such a terrible thing.

        Sarvesh had also organised another visit to the Taj Mahal. This time we went at night to view it under the light of the full moon. It seems that they open up just a few nights each side of the full moon. It was beautiful to see this wonderful building bathed in the softer light of the moon as the white dome appeared to glow.
        If you should ever get to visit the Taj Mahal, you should view it under the Full Moon. A most beautiful sight to witness how the white marble dome seems to glow in the moonlight as if it were its own light.

        They were telling us the building is being affected by the pollution of modern man. It is eating into the marble and leaving a covering of dirt, which requires cleaning often. There is a workforce of over 550 doing maintenance, cleaning and gardening tasks as well as guiding the large numbers of tourists every day.
        I was not happy to learn how much damage this building is receiving. It is lucky it was placed in a smaller town and not within a larger city, or the damage would be even worse.

        I have never seen the Taj Mahal before, and so I am so glad that I had a chance to see the wonderful sight, the most wonderful in all of India, before it was time for me to leave India to live in another country far away.

        Now I want to finish this letter with a small poem. I think it is the first time a poem has ever been included in the Letters Book. This poem was written by the Emperor himself when the building was finished, and finally, he gazed upon its beauty.

                        Should guilty seek asylum here,
                                                 Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
                        Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
                                                 All his past sins are to be washed away.
                        The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
                                                 And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
                        In this world this edifice has been made;
                                                 To display thereby the creator's glory.

        Well, that is all I have to tell you in this story.
                Bye with lots of love.
                        From,
                                Lizamoa.

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Hello from Shandra

            I had the loveliest story to write. I wanted it to be romantic and full of love rather than sexy, as most of our stories are. The Taj Mahal is a monument of love, so it worked very well for my story.

            The story behind the building of the Taj Mahal is the story of an Emperor whose wife died during childbirth. In his grief for her, he decides to build this monument to her memory. It is a labour of love, the love he has for her.
            We had always thought about including a visit to the Taj Mahal in our stories of the Indian adventures, but when I wanted to include it in a special story, we thought it would be a great way to end the Letters Series.
            I discovered a poem which was supposed to have been written by the Emperor himself, so I decided to include this as well. I think this is the first poem to be included in the Letters Series, which makes this story a tiny bit special, too.

            We heard that the complex is open during the full moon when the white marble of the dome appears to glow in the moonlight. So I added a second evening visit for the group to again visit, this time to view The Taj Mahal under the light of the full moon.
            What a beautiful way to end the Letters Story.

            But then the Letters Series didn’t end. It will continue with the first letter/story of Vol Five beginning next week.

Extra:-
            In June 2013, I did actually get to visit the Taj Mahal. It was a surprise for me that my husband had arranged. It was his labour of love for me, I think, organising this without my knowing. I wasn’t disappointed; it was as good as I wrote in my story. I was amazed at the beauty of this building, and the whole time it was in my mind that this was a labour of love, by the emperor, in memory of his beloved wife.

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Letter 60 End of our India Trip.

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From Shanti,            
Titirangi,            
Auckland,            
New Zealand.            

            To Joseph,
            The Game Reserve,
            Andhra Pradesh,
            India.

Hello to you, Joseph, Lizamoa and Ragesh.
        Now things are moving so very fast. I know you will be on your way to New Zealand soon, now that things are sorted in Wellington. It will be good to have you here with us.
        Don’t worry about staying with us. We want you to stay with us. I understand that it's challenging to find a house and settle in a new country, so we invite you to stay with us until you have everything sorted out.
        Also, don’t worry about your mother. We will make her feel welcome, too. I am sure once she settles in, she will like New Zealand very much. I talked with my mother about her, and she will be happy to show her around and help as well, so your mum will have a friend more her own age.

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Hello from Allan.

            The final part of the journey through India covers a lot of places and a lot of attractions. When I first wrote this, I just included the names of some of the places. I was more interested in completing the story rather than building in lots of detail. Later, we decided that more detail might make it seem that the story had been written by someone who had actually been there, so I reworked the story, adding more attractions and more detail on many of the places mentioned.
            More recently, we had a friend over for dinner who had been travelling through this area, and of course, Shandra had been there as well, so I have been able to include some ideas I got from them. Some of the places were dropped as it was too much to get done in such a short trip. So we added more detail to the places we kept.
            Note that this story underwent another major rewrite in the first few days of 2026.

            When I started writing, there was nothing to base this story on except that they were in Ooty and they had to meet their flight in New Delhi, with a visit to the Taj Mahal to be included along the way. Since I was left with such an open brief, pretty much everything I wrote had to be invented as I went along. One guideline I did have was that the final arrangements for the trip were made by Sarvesh.
            Sarvesh was a wealthy businessman who had travelled a lot, both throughout India and overseas. The idea of him organising the touring was that he would come up with something completely different to your normal organised package tour. This is why we choose places like the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the Kerala Backwaters and Ooty. I also found some interesting attractions I would love to visit, such as the Jantar Mantar, a collection of fourteen major architectural astronomical instruments set up as an observatory. That would be an amazing place to see.
            The story ends when the group splits up in Delhi, with the Indian group returning to South India and the New Zealand group flying out to Singapore.

            We did manage to add in a little bit of sexy adventure with another partner-swapping night. We were intending to build this into another story or even a set of stories, but this never happened. Later, when we came up with the idea of the whole group meeting again at an adult resort, we came back and added in the final lunch together, where Sarvesh made a toast and proposal to arrange another holiday together.

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Allan and Anne.

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Letter 59 Otty – The Hill Station.

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From Joseph,            
The Game Reserve,                
Andhra Pradesh,                    
India.                        

            To Shanti,
                Titirangi,
                    Auckland,
                        New Zealand.

Dear Shanti and Mike,
        Hi to my New Zealand friends. Here in India and we are very well, and things are progressing well too. We hope all are well and happy within the New Zealand also.
        Thank you again for your good story writing, Shanti. It is good to remember all the things we were getting up to while you were over here.
        Now, the problem of the loose bikini top on the water slide. This is a big problem! It appears bikini tops are unable to stay on you, Shanti. Now the question to be asked is: Did this clothing item just come loose by itself, or did you give some help? I did not witness this event, and so it is hard for me to be the judge. Mike is sure it was on purpose, but Lizamoa believes at first the bikini coming off was accidental, and then the reveal afterwards was more intentional for the lifesaver. Is this second theory the correct one? I believe, knowing you, Shanti, maybe that is the correct theory.

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Hi from Susan.

            The stay in the hill station of Ooty was a great place to have another sexual adventure. My instruction from the meeting was to come up with a very sexy story that would happen in this mountain location. It was only later, when Allan was researching for his story, that we discovered that Ooty was more than just a tourist resort, which gave us the chance to add a bit more about the place. Maybe we might be able to convince a few of you guys that we had actually been there. Yeah right!
            One interesting fact about Ooty, which was useful to my story, is that it is set high up in the mountains, so of course, it is much cooler than down in the lowlands. I remember that once a group of us stayed in one of the hill stations in Malaysia called Maxwell Hill. We were enjoying the refreshing coolness after the heat of Malaysia, while Shandra’s Malaysian family, who were with us, were freezing their butts off.
            On Maxwell Hill, they had some cottages which once were used by the British but which were now used as holiday stays. Now it is actually quite popular with the local people. We had two of them close together, so I decided to do much the same thing for my Ooty story as well.
            I had an interesting situation. A group of people in a warm house, spending the evening together in front of a hot fire. Throw in some bottles of wine and some sexy stories to read. Suddenly, there were some very interesting sexual possibilities.
            My goal was to take this group situation into a group sex party, probably what you could call an orgy. The general idea was to get people naked and doing something a bit sexy and see where things went. This was achieved by heating up the room to where people began feeling like getting their clothes off. Then came the idea of a massage, which, since Mandara, who already knew what it felt like to be under Mike’s hands, was keen for it again. The informal pairing off soon led to things getting sexier, and then finally Jenny and Sarvesh took it to full sexual intercourse. As Steve in the story would say, "Soon it was wall to wall nooky."
            Oh, and just in case you are wondering I didn’t have an orgy with Shandra’s family up on Maxwell Hill. Pity, though, I might have been interested in a couple of her cousins. They were hot-looking guys! LOL. And I know they were checking me out wearing that tiny bikini at the waterfall.
            (Probably had big cocks too!)

            Kia Kaka - Kia Kaha.
                  Be safe - Be strong.
                        Susan.

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