The Raintree Hotel Chennai (Madras)

... dust, mud, poop, and hotness….I then proceeded to have a bird poop on my hand. There wasn’t enough hand sanitizer to make me feel clean ever again. A sleeper train came by and there were people hanging out the windows and it looked very sketch. Our tour guide assured us not to worry-that wasn’t our train. We all were so relieved…until our train came and it was identical to the sketchy train we had just seen. We walked into the train very ...

... buildings with palaces, homes & tombs dotted all around. As an important centre of Islamic culture, it’s south India’s version of Delhi, Agra & Fatepuhr Sikri’s Muslim splendour of the Mughals, with a fair proportion of the population Muslim. Its population exceeds Britain with 76m, but its abundance of rare gems and minerals (the Koh-i-Noor diamond comes from here) provided the nizrams (viceroys installed by the Mughals) with ...

... the quality of the workmanship. The next day i was ready to do business with him, i was up for buying 20 pairs to courier home for business but he was closed for the day and i felt a little sorry for him that he had lost the sale but i had to leave that night. Bugger. Last night i didn't sleep until i played my favourite track that i call Merlin's Magic Reiki Chakra Healing session on the ipod. I discovered that nobody is on holidays in this seaside ...

... you look, or chat without any of the usual sales pressure you would normally get. I got a dress made for me, from choosing the material to having a final fitting took around 20 hours. It's very exciting, as I don't wear dresses very often; although it is very casual, I still feel quite dressed up in it, so now will have to find an occasion to wear it. And shoes, and accessories! I managed to do a little sightseeing ...

... its pretty rubbish and industrial. to everyone whos sent me emails in the last while thank you so much, im trying to reply to different peopel at different times so that everyone gets some mails so please bear with me. neem - wooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooooooooo i was so worried you might not make it after some of those emails and then i got your mails today and i was so so happy. hope everyone is well and happy anyway and talk to you all again soon. nic xx

... buying a single ticket. And no, apparently you don't have to be with 3 people to use the ticket :) Luckily Claudia knows her way around German trains so we can get to Frankfurt Airport in two relatively easy connections. Even with all the delays we arrive earlier than thought {since we took a different train than expected> We are flying Lufthansa. We also checked prices for other companies and other airports ...

... at one point, which were a type of cucumber, and pretty tasty. I ate one, even though we had been warned not to eat vegetables unless you can peel or wash them, because the pesticides they use aren't safe or something. However I basically ignored this warning because I wanted to try the cucumber, and I figured if Indian people can eat the food than I have a pretty good chance of being okay (which as far as I know I am!) and they did wash them in a bucket of water before they gave ...