31st October - Pushkar Happy Halloween! One of my favourite holidays back home and unfortunately not celebrated here (god knows what people would make of our costumes in India!) so I'll be having a look online to see what everyone got up to. I might not have been dressing up but I've been playing trick or treat with monkeys all day. After a piping hot shower (a rare occurrence here believe me!) I settled down on the terrace for my morning 'honey lemon...

27th October Happy Diwali! The festival actually started yesterday but as we were in transit for most of it we didn't really experience it that much. Well, until the sun set that is, then all hell broke loose! It went from light to dark so quickly here, I literally looked down for a second and the sun had set without me noticing. That's when Diwali really got started - gone was the gentle chanting from across the lake, the peaceful atmosphere shattered by the LO...