This trip (8th November - 3rd December) took me to Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chandigarh and Kochi. A mixture of workload, revision, socialising and illness kept me away from the camera.

Negatives: hotel prices in New Delhi; service levels at The Park Hotel (New Delhi); and...at the Hilton Hotel in Mumbai, beware of pricing especially if you're a white westerners - you may be charged rather more for the same drink than a non-white customer. It might not be company policy but it happened to a group of us.

Positives: I got an upgrade at the Hilton Hotel in Mumbai (Bombay) and the customer service from the Taj Malabar (Kochi / Cochin) was outstanding.