Chasing the Monsoon

I enjoyed book, without pushing on to a 5* (a lot of reviewers loved it, which had given me high expectations), but it was easy to read, and passed on information in a comfortable way.
Not only writing about his travel in India, travelling with the monsoon, starting in Kerala, moving north and ending Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) the author also writes a lot about his early life in Vanuatu (the New Hebrides, as it was called at the time), with his father and grandfather, who were prominent figures there.
He meets interesting people, he visits some more out of the way sights, he talks about the monsoon. It is interesting for the fact he doesn't resort to repeating himself too much - I mean, it is a book about the monsoon, so yes he talks about that a lot...
For me his bureaucratic battle to visit Cherrapunji and Shillong in Meghalaya was alone worth the read. There is something so ‘India' about that.
P199 ” You could see the fellows at Foreigners Regional Registration Office, They might chaneg this ruling. - I've already been there. Twice. - Well, so be it. - Mr Rao, what's my file number? - I cannot give you that. It's confidential. - You could give it to them. - Impossible.”