People who treat caves with such little respect have come to be known as “speleoboppers.” They ruin caves by breaking off the formations for souvenirs and can prompt cave owners to prohibit all use of them by the public. Serious cavers would advise speleoboppers to visit commercial caves where guided tours are given.

Both in the morning and the afternoon we broke the monotony of mosqueing by going into the shops of some of the jewellers and embroidery merchants, who have been tormenting the lives out of us since we have been here […]

All were it of my foe, then fonly pitied

The film society showed low-budget cheesefests every Hallowe'en.