It is 3:48am and I am dangerously close to being ready to go.... my bag is packed, weighed, locked and loaded and I am verging on ecstatic... I'm not sure that I will be able to sleep at all; I did, after all, deem it necessary to consume 2 litres of very good, very strong coffee today.... I wonder if one can find a decent cup of the demon-bean in Chennai. I suppose I will find out soon enough... Having already been to the airport once this week as escort to my dear Sarah, who will be on her own exploratory journey well into the next season, I feel almost like an old pro, experiencing no anxiety over how to navigate the snaking terminal micro-expressway or having any doubt in being able to successfully execute this ... read more