So by the end of 5 days in Bombay the dirt, ever present threat of rabies (or bird poo in Shamal's case), hawking and nose picking (although I can sympathise with that) and the general chaos and smells I cant even begin to explain - we were all quite ready to go to Goa. As some of may know getting anything done in India is more testing of your patience than Shamal daily beauty regime of pore strips and face masks, and so getting to Goa was no different. Being the...

Right- the much awaited blog is finally happening. Our motivation: fear of being forgotten. We're in Australia right now (08/01/08) but will recall the past two months over the next few blog entries. We ll also eventually put up photos to illustrate the events detailed below (which will probably mean nothing to you without them...). Bombay 06/11/07-12/11/07 06/11/07-We arrived in Bombay late at night both excited and tired. Within an hour or so of landing we ...