So, I know that I have been very poor in blog writing. No excuse. We are now in Mumbai staying in the Marine Plaza Hotel, a cute boutique five star place right on Marine Drive. Our bedroom has an amazing view directly into the bay of Mumbai, where we can see the speed boats zipping around on the choppy waves against a backdrop of highrise flats and skyscrapers. This city is very mush testament to the new - up and coming India. If any of you saw India with Sanjeev...

Hello, so we've been here just a week now and it feels like we've been here forever. We arrived in Delhi last Monday and there is one word to describe it : HOT. We started on a mere 40C and yesterday got up to 44C in Agra. Iram tells me that is only going to get HOTTER and so we should get down south pretty soon where there may be some welcome relief from rains.