Loyal Readers, My Indian Adventure with Mr. Richard, Mrs. Richard, Antony, Louis has finally come to an end. We are currently at the Delhi airport waiting for our flight to Singapore. In Singapore the Kennetts will continue home to Melbourne and I will begin the second leg of my asian adventure. Today we had a tour of New Delhi. We began with a walk through the government area - parliament, the presidential palace and other government buildings. Due to a ...

In my last update I think I told you that our flight had been delayed from 330 to 530 to 610. Well, the trend continued... To 630 to 700 to 710 to 730... But we finally got in the air! The airport in Udaipur however, was a story in itself. When we went through security, we were told that we didn't need to take belts, watches or shoes off. Everyone then proceeded to walk through the metal detector which went off for absolutely every person. Everyone was then...

As you might have noticed, you are now receiving the emails from my executive assistant. I was informed yesterday by my detail oriented mother, that my data usage thus far on this trip has been astronomical! Apparently it counts as an individual email for each person on the list. I have also been banned from sending pictures! On Thursday morning we went on a boat ride in Lake Pichola. The lake is man made and is 12M deep in the deepest part. It is 3KM x 4KM ...

Folks, Today was a great day. I woke up and went down for breakfast in the outside courtyard next to Lake Pichola... In shorts and a T-shirts. Who knew that I would come to India, the land of spicy food and humidity) and it would take 10 days to wear shorts and a t-shirt!! In the morning we went to see Udaipur's City Palace. The palace was quite interesting and is set beautifully near the lake. It has a great view of the Maharani's 3 other palaces - 2 in ...

Hello Everyone, This morning we left Jodphur at around 930 to head to Udaipur. we stopped about 3 hours away in Ranakpur. Ranakpur is home to the Jain Temples. Jainism is a religion that grew out of Hinduism, and they believe in not harming anything. They are all vegetarians and will not even eat things grown in the ground, such as carrots or onions. The strictest of Jains will even where a cloth over their mouths to ensure that they don't accidentally swall...