8 Oct 2008 From Col: Today I am really happy and am chilling out. We arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday Morning. The flight was really uncomfortable with seats too close together and without much leg room. Good that we don't have to do that for a few months again. In Mumbai Airport we pre-booked a taxi and discovered that the overnight train to Goa was fully reserved. We then made our way across Mumbai to CST railway station to book early morning tickets and found a ...

It's all becoming real now. We've left home and landed in Coventry. And if that wasn't exciting enough tomorrow, YES TOMORROW, we are travelling in a groovy coach down to Heathrow. I knew this would be mind blowing but this is beyond my realm of experience. Far out man! But seriously we are both very excited because we're off! I have a three month visa which, I am assured by the very accomplished bureaucrats, can be extended out there. If we don't break our b...

We finally have our mini notebook Asus EEePC. Yes yes yes. its funky and cool. ....watch this space.

Finally.... we have a date for going away. We are leaving on the 6th of October and flying into Mumbai. Which is next monday! Ahhhhhh! Sundeep is nearly fully packed whereas my stuff is lying casually around refusing to pack itself into that lovely backpack I've bought. The Visa has been a surreal and stressful process with the left brain of the bureaucrats being detached from the right brain. Looks like the visa will come through on Thursday. But which thursda...

Well here I am sat wondering where to start.... Visa applications are getting sorted, by that I mean I know where to find them on the web and download then to complete. I'll be going for a PIO card (people of Indian Origin) which measn that I don't need to get a visa, and have the luxuries that any Indian national has... such as cheaper entry into many places and the chance to get to places that we may not otherwise have the chance to do. I know it begs the ...