Arrived in bangalore

The flight was good, and we made up the time so we arrived around 3.30am (seriously).

Then the queue... There must have been 500 people there, with a disheartingly long queue, and no way I could see a shortcut anywhere.  So 40 minutes to get to a very disinterested border guard, and then just when you think that's it, a second queue to show the visa stamp that the border guard had just seen, and then another long queue, where you have to go through an xray and metal detector, which was another 30 minutes.

It's the only Country I have ever been to where they give you the same treatment leaving the airport as they do entering it!

So we found our luggage waiting with chalk marks on it, and wondered why until we came to customs who made us xray out again!

Finally we leave the customs area and, bearing in mind there are hundreds of people , a man smiles at us and says 'Mr Kinch' - how did he know! Do I really look like that much of a tourist - anyway he took our bags and lead us outside to our waiting car, a skoda limo complete with driver in white uniform and hat, Heather commented that he looked just like Richard Gere in an officer and a gentleman.

We sat down in the rear and got passed some cold flannels and water, and were whisked of to the hotel.