Well, you all told me that we'd suffer in the heat over here in India. Well, let me tell you, we definitely suffered in the Bloody cold in Ooty! Dean and I would sleep under three blankets, with a heater and wearing about four layers of clothes each. I had to buy a whole new wardrobe just to see me through. Ooty itself proved to be an amazing place with lots to do including horse riding, boating, treks and my personal favourite, eating locally made chocolate. On...

We are currently in Ooty, which is an incredibly attractive area (think the Lake district with Tea plantations and hill tribes). We travelled down here from a place called Mysore which was also pretty awesome. For the journey we decided to take a private minibus "22 seater", clearly designed for Ewoks, Umpalumpas or some other small fictious characters, not lanky Westerners like me and Claire. As usual in India, some of the other passengers were late an...

Quick update (well, you know me) Flew into Bangalore about five days ago, where we stayed for one night. Bangalore is the place with all the call centres, so if you rang up to complain about you BT bill or such like, you probably got diverted to Peter (aka Abdul) in Bangalore. After Bangalore we headed to Mysore which was certainly not an eyesore (just made that up!). Took in all the local sites; museums, churches, zoos, you know the ones. From Mysore we took...