Last Few Days

Originally the van was meant to go on another vessel some 9 days earlier, however, we decided those extra few days might make a difference with the last minute organizing which proved the case. Our Green Card insurance for Europe arrived yesterday as did the tickets for the Rugby World Cup. We had more time to arrange for our International Driving Permits and our International Camping Card as well. Emma arrives back two days before we leave, we would've missed her if we had gone earlier. It also gave my leg a further time to heal before the heat and humidity of the Indian south. It seems the temps in Chennai this next week are in the 42max-28min range. Don't think we will be needing our doona.

The tickets were a surprise as the RWC crowd had said they wouldn't be sent out until a few weeks before the games started. I had arranged to have them sent to the NZ Embassy in Rome. Now we can bypass that traffic confusion.

Contact has been made with the shipping agents in Chennai, we now have a name and address to help us when we arrive. Like the way any emails from India start with a “Welcome to India”. It's such a fascinating country and we are really looking forward to our month there.

There will be more photos on the blog once we get to Chennai and on the road. Too many words can be a bit boring.