"Well, it's one louder, isn't it?" - Nigel Tufnel

The visitors have started rolling in.

I (Memsahib is still in Sydney for a conference) had Anita and Pete for a flying one day stop yesterday on their way to Calcutta.

Next in the pipeline is Julia. To say she’s excited is an understatement of legendary proportions. She’s only been here for a day and the driver has already started referring to her as “the talking machine”. She’s loving all of it and running around like a big toddler trying everything.

Her shopping excursions are a wonder to witness when you’re a man who views places that sell things like cushions as citadels of non-functionality. My favourite game is asking “but what’s it for” and consistently being told “you just don’t get it”. Which is, I understand, what a lot of cults say to outsiders.