Well arrived here about to to six in he morning GMT 11.50 bombay time. Hotel is a bit disappointing but hen you look at the others there is not much difference. Had a couple of hours kip then hired a car and driver to take us into Bombay to see some of he city. Very similar to Bangkok - busy lots of Tuk Tuk's but much dirtier than Bangkok. very hot 33c when we landed but was up to 43.5c when we went in into Bombay this pm. As it is Sunday it was very busy wit...

Thanks Lita for getting us to Edinburgh safely with time to spare!!! well fat lot of good that was getting there two hours before departure - we were delayed for almost an hour. Easyjet Ryanair and all the cheapies managed to leave on time or earlier and good old BA ( which we now think stands for B****y Awful) was delayed. Th reason they gave was that there had been a complete failure at Heathrow - very encourging!Even the measures of booze have been reduced fr...

Kia-ora 31st January 2006 - not 14th January 2006!!! left Auckland yesterday and headed south on a four day tour. We're staying in Motels organised by the tour company. prior to moving south we moved into the Skysity hotel for one night - it was the last day of the Auckland Harbour Festival. Went to Parnell to surprise Larraine unfortuantely it was a public holiday and her business was closed for the day. Don't know if we will see her when we retutn on Friday...