5.08 pm Tuesday 16 January 2007 and my 44th birthday. My brother dropped me at the tube station near to his house and we said our brief goodbyes, as brothers do. I didn't know when or where I would see him again but I suspected that a lot of water might have passed under my bridge before I did. The flight from Heathrow left on time and was comfortable. I slept for some of the night as the miles drifted by and the clock turned. When I awoke, the black of night outside the window had been replaced with the blazing blue sunshine of day and we were beginning our descent into Delhi. read on http://www.backpacktheworld.org/1.html
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