Tuesday evening: I got a decent meal in the main town- Manali is divided into old town and main town, I'm staying in old town which is also the hippy area, but at £2.40 a night?! We are surrounded by very lush and green mountains here, so it's a pretty town although full of Israelis! Wednesday: I decided on Sri Lanka, so was busy booking the flight and arranging the visa and first hostel, etc. I walked to a famous temple, which was just like the other 10,000 I'...

Monday night: the hospital was amazing, i'd taken a book and water expecting to wait hours. But I paid 6p and joined 3 others sat waiting- you could see the doctor having the consultation only 2m away and so hear everything (although I couldn't understand as it was the local language). She saw the next 3 within 10 minutes and then me; her English was good! She said to continue the antibiotics for 5 days and try some antibiotic, steroid cream, which she wrote a pr...

Delhi's delights: • the metro system- it's modern, clean, cheap and incredibly well signposted and clear announcements. • the street food!! So much choice and cheap. Delhi's downers: • the scams and hassle you get everywhere! Saturday: I headed out and got the Metro to the Red Fort- one of Delhi's main attractions. It is a huge fort originally built in the 1600s and inside are various museums and the old castles, etc. The museum of India's struggle fo...

Friday: I ended up in tears as one of the lads got hold of my hair and took two handfuls, but otherwise a normal day. I found one of the kids epilepsy tablet on the floor and another eating paint. In the afternoon, the teachers decided it appropriate to put on music, give a couple of puzzles and leave the kids to it. I had to walk away and so used the laptop to get on with what I had to do. In the evening, I finished Hemingways "for whom the bells toll" about the...

Wednesday night: I met the new lady at the bus stop about 9pm- she's a 63yr old called Anette from the UK and has spent the last few years working as an accountant for charities in places like South Sudan, Nigeria, Cambodia, Romania, etc. So she is nice and very interesting! Thursday: I waited with Anette for the school bus to take her to the project but it was over an hour late, so we'd walked most of the way before it picked her up. Another day of 1-1's, which...