Indian winter

My spies tell me that the UK is about to experience the coldest winter on record EVER! Tell me it's not true. What happened to global warming? Where are all the fumes from those American cars going? Coming back is going to be a shock - the ground crew at Heathrow had better be ready with space blankets and industrial heaters to thaw me out. Anyway, I have recently taken a brief holiday from the Maldives project, and spent 3 weeks in India. I saw the Taj (breathtaking), got chased by monkeys (forgot my rabies shots), played chess with Sadhu holy men (got thrashed) and fell for a raven-haired, golden-eyed Israeli (alas, parting is such sweet sorrow). Pics of all these below. Now back in Maldives for a week or so, then back to London (I hope) for mid-December. Really looking forward to seeing everybody. Tell me your news and your plans. Until then, ta-ta x