I don't know if it is the time or the heat but I may have already written this note so forgive me if it appears twice. I am about to leave for Mumbai airport to spend three hours waiting in the dark of the night for the 5 am plane to Bangkok so I thought I would just put a few thoughts down as I leave India. MUmbai is too difficult a city to explain in two or three lines but one of my lasting memories will be of the new skyscrapers emerging from the sklyline ...

Don't let the photo fool you.........every nature park in India claims to have tigers "somewhere" but when the guide you are with tells you that he has lived in the area for twenty years and has only seen tiger twice then you know that you are not going to be the one. That said we did spend a whole day on a nature trek (yes, reader, I walked for several hours) and saw elephant and wild bison ...at a distance! Did also see the endangered black monkey which ...

Sorry about the highly unoriginal picture but I haven't worked out yet how to upload my own poor attempts at travel photo of the year. Bloody technology follows me wherever I go! If you are planning to pass through Chennai anytime soon - do that - pass through, 'cause three days waiting in an industrial city is just about more than one can possibly wish for.......but the food.......ah the food. Wonderful selection of spiced dishes to confuse and delight. ...

Just in case you have been kind enough, to have logged on to this site I thought I should thank you for your curiousity! Who said "every journey starts with the first step"? Answers please on the notice board - sorry there are no prizes. Anyway....I expect to be on my way to Heathrow enroute for India on the 18th October, after which I hope to keep the casual visitor to this site amused as we go along. Before I step out I thought you mi...