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Mumbai

Gone and done it again. Think that was my…

  1. Stop over in New Delhi aged 7, 1983
  2. Landed back in New Delhi, November 1996 on a round-the-world trip aged 19 for 2 months
  3. Back to Goa, Calcutta and up to Darjeeling in 1997
  4. Drove from Pakistan to Nepal on the London to Kathmandu 608 tour, 2000
  5. Holiday in Kerala, 2005
  6. Working for the FCO in Mumbai

…6th trip to India.

Got to catch up with me old mucker Paddy out there and also had the new experience of working whilst crawling around amongst rat shit. It’s all good really.

I love this country. Always have done, always will.

The Near East

Worked over in Amman, Jordan back in January. Unlike most of this time working away I actually got a couple of weekends off, so headed down to Petra and Wadi Rum then Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel. Great trips.

Amman is located at a height of 2953 feet above sea level. That’s actually quite high up.

Also got down to the Dead Sea which is the lowest point on earth at 1,335 feet below sea level. That’s actually quite low. Obviously I decided to take my memory card out of my camera for that trip.

Alex and Frankie, February 2010