Tuesday 25 th Oct

Arrived Delhi. An uneventful flight with Kingfisher Air lines, the only recommendation would be on price,-a bit of an old Airbus xxx. The guy next to me had to be kicked out into the middle rather than the aisle seat he wanted. I sat in the middle seat later when he took  20 minutes to use the loo.  A bit of a performance collecting the bikes and getting  the taxi. Unfortunatley Steve Bridges fell down a drain and cut his leg badly. Bob G took him to the Drs to be seen to at a total cost of one pound 20 pence.
The taxis into central New Delhi Connaught Square took 20 minutes and a lot of weaving between the traffic to find an ATM. Limit of about £130 a day at any ATM in India. Then off to the bar where the Force India F1 Team had been in recently.  With taxes over £4 a bottle. A ripoff. Correction every transaction is a potential ripoff. Even the clerk in the Post Office was on the fiddle. Good news really; one, I am lucky enough to have the cash that they want and two,I recognised he was trying it on. It's all done with a smile. The curry we had at the Coffee House was great, a large selection of about 5 curries. We chose one which was very tasty, washed down with a few more beers. 
Now time to get the stock of beer and water to take to the apartment in Greater Noida. Almost every shop sells just one sort of product. The liquor store sold the booze and the shop next door the water plus some curry brew that was in a cauldron in the corner.  Still the water was in sealed bottles at 20p per litre. Haggling was met with little joy.
Then for the massive 75 minutes drive to Greater Noida, but for the large case of beer jammed at my feet it would have been a good time for a rest. Everyone else in the other 2 taxis later told me they had nodded off.  We arrived in Noida and just kept going and going. At one stage I saw a sign 50 km to the F1 circuit.  Greater Noida was still quite a way. Then King's Reserve rose out of the mist. We were on the 13th floor. The apartment is a 1/3rd of the top three floors. We ordered a take away indian (curry), 2 hours and  a lot of hungry people later we dug in. Too much of course, allegedly we will eat it later in the week. Now what film do you watch for 12, in the cinema (Alan and Irina's room), yes Guns of Naverone. I was the second one to flag just as the guy slid down the cliff, no-one had the stamina to see the end. What a surprise.  Then to bed.