In January/February 2011 I was on tour with the Bollywood Brass Band in India (again!). As is now becoming the norm for these tours, we played some enormous weddings, including one in Udaipur which took place in both the City and Lake Palaces. 

I also took the opportunity to have a bit of a break before the Spring was properly sprung and work got too hectic, so I popped over to the Lakhshadweep islands to do some scuba diving. And by 'popped', I mean, of course, took a night bus, 24 hour train, 20 hour boat and then minibus. Such is the way in India. It's safe to say that the diving was totally unbelievable, and fulfilled my need to be 30m underwater face-to-face with massive sea turtles for at least a few weeks.

The trip was also an excellent chance to get some research done for this year's show, which meant that I was lugging around a small library with me for the whole time. Got lots of useful stuff done though, and the show is beginning to take shape. Watch this space... 

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