… And I’m not a happy girl. In many ways it reminds me of London. It’s busy, no one really knows what’s going on, people aren’t friendly, they don’t tend to go out of their way to help you and prices shoot up. Though I did manage to have a slight crisis with my bus to Mumbai and so maybe these words are just words of a girl who happens to not be in the best mood possible. A conversation with the bus driver went a little something like this: “Do you speak English?” “Yes Read more [...]

Whenever I have felt slightly down in anyway and have discussed such with another person, they always end up saying something on the lines of ‘Things will get better’ or ‘You’ll be alright’, to which to this very day I have always replied ‘Of course I will. I’m a Smith. This is what we do.’ I’m not quite sure what it means or what exactly us Smith’s do but it has always worked for me. It always gave me that extra bit of strength to shove a smile on my face. And right here Read more [...]

Today I decided to go to the local cinema in Jodhpur to watch a classic Bollywood film. I had been told by many that ‘House Full 2’ was the film to see as it was absolutely hilarious! I felt I needed to go and be able to share my own opinion. I went alone and so of course, was the only white person sat in the audience. This caused the usual pointing, which by now I was used to and generally oblivious to (other than the fact that the person directly in front of me stood up, turned around and Read more [...]