Hello guys! Thanks for all the messages - it's great to hear from you all - keep them coming! Sue and Braddy, you have been on the contact list from the start so I don't know why you're not receiving the updates - I have deleted and added you addressed again so let us know if this doesn't work. Win, we are just at the airport now waiting to get our little plane to base camp - there are fog problems though so might not be able to land... boo! Kevin, the transp...

Arvo all avid readers of the blog! First of all, thanks again for the messages, loving the posts. Nige, the journey to Eastlands seems to be eventful whatever the angle of attack - the blues however are looking invincible - "we're all going on a European tour…." Smudger, the latest epic tale from the Heymaker is really not surprising - overjoyed though he's found a new function in Excel, should keep him happy whilst the fish aren't biting. ...

Orchha Hello everyone.How's it going?We have spent our last couple of days in Orchha, which is a village south-east of Agra (about a 6 hour train/tuk-tuk journey).We are staying in air-conditioned tents, which would be lovely apart from the MILLIONS of critters which seem to get in through every possible opening!On the first night we shared the tent with Barry the Beetle and we were joined in the early hours by some huge stick insect thing (honestly, it was EN...

OK, so after a 5.30 get-up we made our way to Delhi train station for the 3 hour journey to Agra - home of the Taj Mahal.At this point, we were very pleased to have our guide, Chandra, who got us onto the train and into our pre-booked seats, as people were literally jumping onto the moving train as it pulled into the station.And there we sat, watching India go by, taking in the beautiful countryside and every 200 metres a man squatting down by the tracks, managin...

Hello everyone. Firstly, thanks for the messages (keep them coming!) and secondly, apologies for not posting sooner, but finding the internet is proving a little more difficult than we imagined. Anyway, here we are in bl***dy hot India, safe and sound (so far) however the pollution is intense so we are suffering slightly with bad chests. Right, what can we say about Delhi? The first thing that hits you (apart from the heat and the whisky from Stu's hip-flask!)...