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Really looking forward to India and not just because I need a beer. My flatmate Charlotte who doesn’t have a nasty or racist bone in her body describes Indians as ‘all thieves’. My travel buddy Greg’s first email from India was about his top three scams on the first day. The following is from Greg’s first email a day after arriving in India:

But in first place….was not expecting this one and yes I got done. Taxi from Delhi airport. Driver chatting on the phone. Sounds like he is giving directions to someone. Fair enough. A little while later… less than 5 mins there is a thud at the front of the car. He has run over a kid of about 14 who is now lying on the road. Holy Moly. We both jump out of the car to see if this kid is OK. The kid runs off at 100Mph. Man. But as I turn around to chat to the taxi man he has already jumped into his car and taken off with all my gear. Everything but my wallet and belt bag. Bugger. I am now stuck in the middle of Delhi with nothing. I don’t panic as such but I am a little concerned. OK I am shitting myself. As I am pondering my next move a police car turns up. How handy me thinks. And they have my gear. They had seen the whole thing and stopped the driver and got my gear back. Yes. Winner. They then take me into the station where I needed to be. And here is the final part which sums India up for me…..they charge me 200 Rupees for the help. Ha.

Wicked, bring it on India.

At the airport I finished ‘The Truth About Christianity’. It had the bitter feeling of one group of fundamentalists having a go at another group of fundamentalists. They made some valid points about who wrote the bible and conflicting statements in the bible but they lost me when they started having a go at alcohol. Anyway as all true believers in Bob (all drink to Bob the merciful) will no doubt have noticed it’s great to see the false religions battle it out to see which is the most ridiculous.

Oh yeah, the eight year old next to me on the plane who I had kindly given my window seat to spilt a full cup of hot tea in my lap. Luckily Emirites don’t serve drinks hot enough to burn your coozer to badly.

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