Mad!

That's what India is. Mad.

Got into Mumbai airport at around 9pm, and got a taxi from the airport to the hotel, drive of about 3/4 of an hour. I've seen some crazy driving in my time (stand and take a bow Iran, for instance), but this beats them all to hell. It's a long time since I've been in a car that was made before I was born, but that was no big deal. What is a big deal is the rules of the road. To a good first approximation, there are none. And there are cows. Lots of them. In the middle of the road.

Oh well, I always figured it would be a bit different. The people I'm now travelling with are all a good bunch, and we've bonded well over the last few days bush camping. This has mainly involved playing games on the truck, drinking, eating together, drinking, playing cricket, drinking ...well, you get the idea. We're now in Udaipur, home of lots of palaces and suchlike, and it's good to be back in a town after being on the road for a week.