I've finally managed to get to a 'cyber-cafe'! It turns out that there's one right near where I'm staying, so hopefully I'll be able to get here quite often from now on. So, where to start?! I arrived at Delhi airport on Saturday lunchtime, after spending about 6 hours at Heathrow! The queues were crazy because of the security...it took ages just to get to the departure lounge.

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It seems like ages since I sent my first email, although it was only 2 weeks ago! I've done so much since I've been here, and there's not time to tell you all everything, so I'll try and give a brief summary! The weekend before last was my first proper one here... I met up with two other 'GapGuru' volunteers Hannah and Habibah. On the Sunday the three of us hired a car (and driver!) and went to Agra for the day - home of the Taj Mahal.

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I have so much to fill you all in on - I'll try and be relatively brief though! The weekend before last I went on a weekend trip to a hill station called Mussoorie, with two other volunteers, Habibah and Reetu, who are absolutely lovely, but are both going back to the UK this week.I miss them already! Mussoorie was a beautiful place, with amazing views of the Himalayas. Our driver was a bit of a weirdo, and would hardly speak to us! The first day in Mussoorie it poured with rain, and was freezing cold, which was so nice.

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