Another night train saw us arrive in Pathenkot in North of Delhi and a rather fast 3 hr taxi ride to McLeod Ganj, home of the Dalhai Lama. We have been staying at around 1770m in the foothills of the Himalayas proving to be a great place to revocer from the old Delhi belly (only now to exchange it for a cold!). Respite arrived at perfect timing with the end of my luxury soft toilet paper brought from home so now it's back to the old shcool tracing paper again. ...

After a couple of days in Mumbai we decided there was only so much to do and with the rains just starting we decided to head north . Rapidly. So after seeing a Bollywood film in Bollywood we headed North to Delhi on the a 17hr sleeper train. this proved to be the best descision due to Mumbai flooding the next day! Somehow I manage to miss all these major events but really I shouldn't complain as I would have been stuck there for days. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/...

So India is hot. Hot and humid! The ride in from the airport was a gentle taster for what to expect and was the temperature of your average summer day (this was in the middle of the night). People lined the streets sleeping in every conceivable location including central reservations. Our taxi was somewhat slow as we had opted as we mean to continue and took the cheapest one available. 1970's old cars with a driver who was either very tired (my explanation) or h...

So here's the start of it.I have one plane ticket and 6 months to spend all the money I have (which isn't much) and get round as many countries as possible. At the moment I have on the hit list, India, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, China, Australia and the USA. Oh, and possibly some skiing afterwards should the miracle happen and I have some money left!With now just a week to go, all the planning from the last month is coming to an end and I s...