Hi everyone! We're in Delhi, India before our journey onwards by the Indian Maharaja train to Mumbai. From there we head south to Cochin and Kerela for some relaxation. We won't be uploading the pictures here because it's too slow but if we can we'll upload them to facebook and you can see our pictures at http://www.facebook.com/john.brailsford.75 Hugs John & Stuart x

We were expecting the heat in Dubai, our next port of call, but were very surprised that there was little humidity and we had a great sunny and warm day, albeit short, to explore this wonderful mix of the sandy arab world old and new. Dubai is the United Arab Emirates main city, there is the old town at Deira at one side of the Dubai Creek and the modern skyscraper world of Dubai city on the other. Queen Mary 2 arrived at Port Rashid and by 7.30 am we were ou...

Our first glimpse of Indian land was as the Queen Mary 2 sailed by the old Chinese fishing nets on the coastline at Cochin, it was our first ever encounter with India and we just fell in love with it. Cochin looked so beautiful with lush green palms and hazy morning sun. It is the Land of the Raj with lovely detailed buildings dotted around Cochin or "Kochi" as it is better known is a city in Kerala State on the west coast of India by the Arabian S...

We didn't expect what we got when we arrived in Phuket! Queen Mary 2's clientelle are older, travelled and not really the party goer type and Patong Beach was no sleepy beach town! The ship was anchored just off Patong Beach and we had a tender service to take us to the beach front. Unfortunately the weather was poor, intermittent heavy showers but still 90 degrees and 90% humidity! Known as the Pearl of the Andaman Sea, Patong Beach is more like a pearl that ...

Founded in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles, Singapore is a British influenced country but much cleaner and warmer than the UK. The name means Lion City and is the smallest country in South East Asia located at the southern most tip of the Malay Peninsula. Singlish is the language spoken in the streets and everyone we met spoke good English. We were expecting some rain showers, but they never came and we had a lovely warm sunny day. Singapore is very clean and it...