Hi, First of all a big thank you to all those who wrote after my last epistle. It is a real tonic when you are physically isolated from everyone to come in from touring of an evening and get some contact with news from home. Please keep them coming. India is good for email as internet access is everywhere and relatively cheap. I have been able to reply to most people the next day. This may not always be the case in other countries so please be patient if I do n...

Hi, Hope this will just be the first of my updates on travelling around the globe. Have now been in India since Wednesday morning. Plenty to report. India is everything the books say it is, most importantly that nothing can quite prepare you for it, even the experienced traveller. It is the most frenetic, chaotic place imaginable. This email may highlight something of that... I was due to arrive 0125 in Delhi and get the 0815 train to Jaipur. The flight ran l...