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Well - here we are, having an amazing time, learning lots and eating even more.

Indian hospitality is world class, and really enjoying the way of life, the place. the people and getting answers to so many questions and thoughts.

You'll see from previous blogs that I was not well at the start - but going strong now!

Hollie seems to have very tasty skin, those little things keeping eating her, and very envious of Marianne going to the fairground!

I'm being very well looked after and getting on with my host extremely well, although two nights ago we had a slight situation in the car - they thought it would be nice to take me to a spot on the beach to see the evening atmosphere, so off we went, towards the bottom of this very busy single lane road was a roadblock, the road was not wide enough to turn, and there were cars behind us and in front of us with lots and lots of people walking either side and two wheelers (motorbikes and scooters) all over the place, after a while of sitting there, horns beeping, lights flashing and people shouting at each other to reverse back I decided to take matters into my own hands. So I got our the car, stood at the back of it, and shouted 'move back, while waving my arms - within 30 seconds the whole street cleared! My hosts could not stop laughing as they had never seen India people move so fast.

Had a great trip to the railway station yesterday - just looking at the mammoth operation that takes place was amazing, and seeing some of the British designed buildings in the city and fort St George was a real treat. Last night, I was very privileged to have dinner with Karrie from the US team and our respective hosts at the Taj Vivanta, one of Chennai's top restaurants that serve traditional South Indian cuisine on banana leaves and hand beaten crockery.

I could go on and share with you the naughty goings on of our leader at the botanical gardens yesterday afternoon - but have to get ready for my vocational visit.