Sorry for those following the blog (yes, both of you) for the lack of updates. India conspired against us with the power cuts and the odd uprising (read on). Now, in cold and clean New Zealand, I’ll try to make amends. Well it was in Kolkata that I had my first dose of food poisoning, no doubt contracted in Varanasi, with Scotty soon to follow. It was pretty mild, but when I was still attached to my ensuite on morning of the third day I succumbed to the peer pressure by Snapper and the others and took the antibiotic’s in my medical kit. Worked a charm - little did I know of the unusual side effects it was to have further down the road. Kolkata itself, or the central city at least, seemed prosperous compared
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