Slow train (or should we say plane?) to Delhi. (Once more elephant picture is irrelevant but too exhausted to take and upload our own, this state of affairs will hopefully improve!) Despite snow and ice we left London on time only to arrive in Dubai to find we had up to an 11 hour delay though the night. Jo tried all of her winning tactics ranging from the sweet smiles, raging loudly, feigning illness and finally RADA style dramatics to blag a hotel bed for the...

So, less than 24 hours before we depart and the wonderful British weather dumps some more of the white stuff on us. The forecast claims either rain or fog in Delhi and for Jo's sake I won't even mention the temperatures. Better keep those thermals on!

Let's get this blog going before we are off. The time for some preparation has come. It's less than a fortnight before we leave; at least tickets and visas are complete. (Apologies for random picture as I could not post this without uploading one!) 12/1/10 It's now less than 2 days before we leave ...and still neither of us has packed...