In Mumbai now (although after training ourselves to use the new name, it appears no-one here does so we're calling it Mumbai and the locals are calling it Bombay!). This place is a massive culture shock - there's crowds and stalls on every street with people touting, taxis beeping, deformed beggars and so many tiny little homeless children begging you to buy them rice - which we've now discovered they give back to the shop for resale and get a commission for each...

Due to it being one of the most expensive places on our travels, we are only staying in Dubai for 3 days. It's quite an incredible place - with traditional communal houses cooled cleverly with 'wind towers', next to huge modern skyscrapers built along a bustling trading port on 'the creek' in the middle of the desert! It also boasts the world's only 7 star hotel and by 2008 will have the world's tallest building! Hard to believe that only a few decades ago (befor...

Last day in the UK today and it's a gorgeous day - warm and sunny, blue sky, trees in blossom...London is at her best! We had our leaving drinks last night at the Whistle and Flute in Putney - we were so touched by how many people came to see us off (especially as so many people travelled such a long way for it!) and we were so glad that we had a chance to say goodbye to everyone before we leave - although, there just wasn't enough time to speak to everyone for a...