After waiting at Heathrow for 12 hours yesterday, (the plane was delayed from 10.05 and then re-delayed and eventually took off at 19:00) I was finally on my way to India. The actual flight has been the easiest bit so far, really comfy plane, tasty food and the latest films to watch. I also had my first acquaintance with a very chatty Indian man who happened to be sitting next to me. He was the "director" of two schools in Mumbai which he had set up about 10 years ago and now had about 3000 pupils. He was thrilled to find that i lived in a school and asked me loads of questions about it. Without hesitation he decided I had to go and visit him and stay at the school. He was desperate to create
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