It is 6:30 am here and hopefully everyone is still sleeping and the connection will be good.

When I was in Shimla I kept recalling all the movies I had seen where the British head for the hill stations to escape the heat of summer and felt so very sorry for the Indians who had to carry them up.


I have now got used to walking amid cows, goats, pigs, and monkeys.  By the way, there is no animal poo (that I have seen) anywhere.  Everything is cleaned up to use in making the "pies" for fuel.