Foreword – Delhi Bound

Its a week away or so till I go back to Delhi for 6 weeks. I’m currently sat on the train on the way back from work having dropped my car there after seeing Jess this afternoon and taking Aaron home. Having it there will make life easier when I get back, with holidays I need to take before the end of the year, in getting to and from home – without taking the train. Nice but just as expensive and a lot longer

How do I think about going back? Well that’s why I’m writing this so I can follow my journey – physically and mentally and see how things go. Yes I did ask to go back as I need to validate, I thinks that’s the best word, my thoughts on living there, and working with Alex. Hmmm. It will be interesting to see how our relationship works now. Its one of the things I’m most curious about but also concerned too. Like many things I have found out over the last couple of years – its the apprehension beforehand that causes most anxiety. The actual event works out to be fine.

As for what I’ll be doing – well so far all I have is that after I get to Delhi we’ll soon be going to Afghanistan. Really could do with some more information than that. Will do some digging on Monday when everyone is back in the office.

Things I’m looking forward to – seeing old friends again, which obviously includes Alex, Neville, Arun, Shiv, Risham, Mike…, getting some stuff fixed that in the UK would be thrown away, buying a proper ‘thali’ set and completing some more geocaches along the way. In Delhi there are some definitely – where I’ll drop a couple of travel bugs off. Elsewhere in the region, not so many but I may set some puzzle ones where you have to answer some questions and send in a photo.

What I’m not looking forward to is the 40ºC temperature that they are feeling already. Yuk.