Dubai is a great city. It reminds me a little of Las Vegas in that it is created in the desert rather than evolved, but doesn't have quite the same over-indulgence as Vegas; or maybe it does but in a different way. It also reminds me of an old computer game called SimCity. In SimCity you would point your mouse and click, and an area of land would be given over to Residential properties, or Industry, or you would build a police station, Library, etc. The com...

So I'm very behind with my blog, partly because I didn't think I had anything more to say about Delhi, but also because the train has practically no internet connection. This may take some time... = Delhi = Half way through my time in Delhi I bought a 3-day pass for the Metro, a project that was started to support the Indian Commonwealth Games. At Rs300 (~£4 or $6) for rapid, frequent, clean trains all across the city, this is excellent value. It can also...

Country #9: Arrived in Dubai.

Waiting in Mumbai airport for flight to Dubai.

After a 100km sprint, the Ellora caves this afternoon.