Its weird how 9 months became 8 then 7 and 6 and finally just a day. We land in the UK on the 23/12 and have spent our last few days wandering the bazaars to pick up those last few pirated DVD's we just can't live without, fitting Roz up with prescription glasses and me with tailored shirts, and enjoying our last hours with the uber spending power of a foreigner in India . We've had a fantastic time but are looking forward to getting back to the real world.
It's been an amazing trip and India with its extreme weirdness was a fitting end. We've been playing a game to try and remember everywhere we've spent the night from the swankiest- (the Mahrani suite in an old Fort in Orchha) to the most manky (probably the hotel without a shower in Bishkek- most of the rooms were converted into sweatshops with people sowing stuff 24hours and we only discovered there was another westerner there when we heard him being propositioned by a prostitute outside our room) and the wierdest (probably the night spent on a bed in someones back garden in Aralsk, Kazakstan). We've met some lovely people- from everyone who gave us food and booze in Georgia to Major Alok (retired) 15th Gurka regement who took us to his house, gave us a bed for the night and regailed us with stories of his time in the Army over a "Snifter" of Whiskey.
We've made a vow not to bore you too much when we get home and will have to do a lot of editing to our holiday snaps before we show them to anyone (we have 18gig each). If you've read this you probably know more than we remember anyway!!
It's been an amazing trip and India with its extreme weirdness was a fitting end. We've been playing a game to try and remember everywhere we've spent the night from the swankiest- (the Mahrani suite in an old Fort in Orchha) to the most manky (probably the hotel without a shower in Bishkek- most of the rooms were converted into sweatshops with people sowing stuff 24hours and we only discovered there was another westerner there when we heard him being propositioned by a prostitute outside our room) and the wierdest (probably the night spent on a bed in someones back garden in Aralsk, Kazakstan). We've met some lovely people- from everyone who gave us food and booze in Georgia to Major Alok (retired) 15th Gurka regement who took us to his house, gave us a bed for the night and regailed us with stories of his time in the Army over a "Snifter" of Whiskey.
We've made a vow not to bore you too much when we get home and will have to do a lot of editing to our holiday snaps before we show them to anyone (we have 18gig each). If you've read this you probably know more than we remember anyway!!
