Further to the last blog update we have snaked yet further through southern India and currently reside in the steaming hot town of Mamallapuram in the south eastern state of Tamil Nadu. The typing of this blog entry should be a little more worry free than the last as there seems to be mains power in this internet cafe and therefore no need to run the computer off a car battery and turn the lights off to save electricity. Power cuts are a frequent occurrence here ...

...... and I was doing so well. 10 days in India with with my toilet routines fully intact and rumble free intestines. This all changed of course, and in spectacular fashion upon arrival in the south eastern city of Cochin. Thankfully it was upon arrival and not during the 10 hour journey south from the previous place as I didn't want to be first person to have to drop their shorts next to the road alongside the truck. I had it coming, not because I had survived ...

I arrived in India I the early hours of last Monday morning to be greeted by the monsoon, brilliant! Although it seems somewhat of a cliché to regale stories of hair raising taxi rides in third world countries, the ride back from the airport at 2am without using the car's lights (the drivers like to save energy) and the use of the 'lean out front window hand to wipe rain off windscreen' technique both deserve a mention. I flew in to Mumbai (formerly Bombay)...