23/03/2011 Up late following night of Bollywood and sorted out a train to Ahmedabad, charged all my bits, photocopied my passport (as lots of the hotels and guesthouses require one) and watched some of Pakistan demolish the Windies. Met a Kiwi called Joe, yet another one that now lives in London. I swear we are all just trading places. Loadsa Brits in Aus and NZ, and all the Kiwis and few Aus coming to us! We popped out for some grub (again cheap and I had a ty...

22/3/2011 It was Dad's birthday and not checking the date's as so often I do, I completely forgot until the next day. Sorry Pa. Back to the city centre where I sorted out my train to Ahmedabad, got my phone unlocked, sim card and credit, a 16GB USB (turned out to be 1.8 which would explain the 3.50 pound price I haggled on the street) and an adaptor, all for reasonably cheap. Then bartered for a Spurs tank top but couldn't get it for under my 1.50 budget! Th...

21/3/2011 Late rise and tried out our first bit of Indian cuisine, a vegetable-omelette with toast. Not bad. Sarah, a Portuguese girl at the hostel, showed us the ropes by taking us to the city centre of Mumbai (as we were staying in the outskirts in a place called Andheri) via our first tuctuc ride and a 45-minute train costing less than 50p in total! The trains in India are an experience and our first one was crammed, extra sweaty and hold-on-for-your life...