Day 40 - Left Delhi and our illnesses behind

Ok, I just wanted to start by answering the barrage of questioning and needling that has ben coming through via email in the thousands of messages ppl are sending us...we hear the cry for 'more photos' and 'less text!' but we just don't seem to be able to upload live pics from our cameras at the moment - a technical hitch so please bear with us.

Also some more detail about the tortoise island back on Zanzibar, ooh, nearly 6 weeks ago...

some of you will have seen the video we took but we also took some pics and as soon as we can get them up here, we will...

To sate your appetites, here are some pictures of us near a waterfall in Marangu nr Kilimanjaro..

They were amazing creatures and could move like you wouldn't believe, especially if they saw you with a bunch of spinach in your hand..some were 200 years old and looked a bit the worse for wear. They just lolloped around searching for food and opening and closing their gummy mouths. Would make v sweet but impractical pets.

We should soon be able to put up some pics of the safari too (we have over 200 I think - from 4 days!) but they're currently whistling their way back to the UK on CD...bear with us.

Anyway, so we've left Delhi behind (with a tinge of happiness thanks to the bout of coughing, high fever and cold that seems to have enveloped both of us since we arrived at Shimla last week). Delhi was a bustling place that overwhelmed with the smells and sights (so many people - everywhere we went!). We caught the overnight train to Udaipur and woke up to find ourselves in a beautiful dusty ochre coloured landscape, lots of little hills and greenery all around. This is where parts of Octopussy were filmed and we're staying in a great haveli overlooking the lake and the palace - all very very cool.

We're going to go exploring now - our friendly rickshaw man has arranged to take us on a petrol powered tour of the new city tomorrow so it's shanks' pony around the old town today - maybe a viewing of Octopussy on the rooftop restaurant tonight (apparently all the hotels show it, every single night). It's great being a tourist!

TTFN