The Kiwi has landed

Well I have now been in India for 4 days and I'm beginning to settle into life over here. It is very very different from London life. There is never a dull or quiet moment and the horns on the cars never stop tooting. I am however loving the relaxed lifestyle and being able to sleep in and also observe a different culture.

My flights here were interesting and thankfully turbulence free for the most part. I won't comment on the airline food as there may be young children reading this site :)

I had a rather interesting time during my stop over in Mumbai. It took me an hour to find the correct terminal as 4 people told me 4 different places to go. This was also not helped by the fact that the plane I was flying on had changed its name since I had purchased my ticket. It was interesting to be flying on Kingfisher Air (yes indeed the same company that makes the beer).

It's been great spending time with my mum, dad and sister. It was dad's 60th birthday yesterday and we tried to make the day as nice as possible for him. We had breakfast in a western style hotel and then went shopping (I love this place particularly when using pounds) and then had chicken roti from a sidewalk cafe (literally sitting on the sidewalk) and then ice cream at the Curry Club.

I don't have much else to report apart from the fact that it is very very warm (approx 29 degrees every day) and the mosquitoes love me!!

I'll be heading into work with mum and dad tomorrow which I'm sure will be quite different to what I've been used to.

I will try and update my site more frequently (the internet has been playing up at home so this was my first chance - sorry Gabby)

Matt - I haven't opened the Christmas card yet.

Until next time....