Didn't think I'd have anything to write this week as thought it'd just be routine few days with a bit of sightseeing, but once again I've underestimated how much I've left to see! Temperatures are now beginning to push 50C, but it's amazing how everyone just gets on with it here in conditions that would have most of Britain completely incapacitated if we had to put up with it! However, it does mean that, come the middle of the day, I try and establish myself unde...

Cannot believe I have been here two weeks already and am now officially half way though my time at the hospital!! This week has been great as there've been a few other volunteers around, havng come back from a tour they'd been doing, and the hospital's afternoon school/homework club has started up. This is a facility offered on a needs basis and many of the children are the sons and daughters of the rickshaw drivers and domestic cleaners and so hovering somewhere...

Cannot believe it's been a week since I left already!! Three other volunteers who were on a tour last week have come back for the weekend and one of them is staying til next Friday so it's been really nice to be shown round by them for these couple of days. Been to a couple of monuments and the like now, which has been great as previously, my only cultural experiences were the Korean festival and Scottish dancing which are not particuarly known for being authenti...

Hello!! was not planning to write anything just yet, but already has happened after 2 days I thought I might need to put something down for my own benefit as much as anybody elses!! I'm absolutely loving Delhi at the moment. Everyone is very friendly and laid back but there is so much noise, colour and smells all around that you could sit on the same street for a whole day and not get bored! the family I'm staying with are very lovely. There daughter, who it turn...