Merry Christmas!

I'm now down in Kochi/Cochin and this is where my trip appears to both have stalled and be ending. And unless my flight home is particularly amusing (as it may be - it promises to be a bad one anyway - far too long and too many changes, but better than the 41 hour train journey before flying) this is my final update ( Read more... )

Well, I've spent the last three nights in Mysore (as I said I would in my last update). I'm slightly (but only slightly) less tired than I was last time - although hopefully this update will be a lot better written and won't miss half as much of the actually interesting things I've been doing out ( Read more... )

When I left off last time, I was in Mumbai, and slightly overwhelmed and short on sleep and planning to head to Goa for some R&R. The short on sleep is still true (although at least I think my body is in the right timezone), and the slightly overwhelmed remains true. But most of the rest has gone the way all my travelling plans do.( Read more... )

My lovely bank has quite possibly cut off both my cards on suspicion of fraud as I'm in India. AGGGGHHHHHH!

Update: Finally managed to call Lloyds anti-fraud line. Panic over - they've reauthorised my cards.

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Boarding for India. I'll be back in three weeks. (And intend to do a travellog on LJ).

Off work. Possible swine flu.

I've got a new job - at Guy's Hospital setting up an information team for their Urology department. (Yes, the jokes are obvious). Better hospital, better location, better pay, more interesting job (I trust). And also an easier commute.

Yesterday I went to see the RSC perform the Taming of the Shrew in Stratford upon Avon. It was played uncut, very straight, and performed extremely well with all the characters being more than understandable. At a technical level I would therefore have to give it full marks. I have just one basic question about the performance ( Read more... )