Well everything so far has gone pretty smoothly. I say so touching every piece of wood available of course, considering the things that could have gone very far from smoothly so far. We started the trip on Friday - an express train to Warsaw and a taxi to the Indian consulate to pick up the passports and visas in the generous window alloted between 4.30 and 5pm. I'd been sweating a bit that we wouldn't be granted them for some reason but we were swiftly in and ou...

We're up to Wednesday so far and still no sign of the so-called monsoon. I've seen a few fields with puddles scattered around them, but no evidence of any widespread flooding. Must have happened somewhere else. Apart from the first morning, weather's been hot and humid, but dry in terms of rain. Which is nice. Anyway, we took the opportunity to explore Delhi on day two, having acclimatised and found our Indian feet a bit. Not least working out how much taxi an...