As soon as I left Delhi airport I knew that I was in for an experience, whether good or bad only time will tell.

Delhi as a city

I have been in Delhi now for three days and so far I have loved every minute. It has been shock to the system, good and bad. It's exciting to see a different culture through your own eyes and how they do things their way.

The city is very colourful and vibrant, it's certainly one of a kind. Delhi can be scary at times but that's what I love, you never know what to expect! Everywhere you go there is chaos, but organised chaos. You have people walking towards oncoming traffic, cars, bikes, scooters all cutting in front of each other and a constant beeping noise coming from the vehicles - their way of telling you that they are up your backside!

For anyone who is thinking about visiting Delhi, you must catch a ride in a Tuk Tuk. This has to be one of the best experiences of my life so far. For anyone who does not know what a Tuk Tuk is, think Del Boy's three wheeler car, only smaller!

I am looking forward to seeing more of Delhi over the next few days, and places further out such as the Taj Mahal.

Delhi hosting the Games

I have to be honest, for a country that is hosting the Commonwealth Games there is very little advertising, a lack of enthusiasm and not much happening from what I can see.

One of my main worries about the Games is whether the venues will be ready in time. We drove past the aquatics centre and it looked half finished. When the event is to take place in two weeks you would like to think all building work was complete. Having spoken to one of the locals, he mentioned that work was behind due to the recent weather but he believed everything would be finished in time.

This is a major opportunity for India and I don't think they are using it to their advantage. The only advertising I have witnessed was on one busy road and I was shocked to see that the posters had been destroyed! You would like to think that everyone in Delhi was supporting the Games.

Again, not to be rude, but the merchandise they have for the Games is not the best. The problem is they have very little and what they do have is tacky. The tops in particular are a weird material which I don't think will wear well in 35 degree heat. I'm assuming that the slogan for the Games is "come out and play" which was printed on the tops and cups - surely they could have come up with something more exciting.

I am hoping that the atmosphere picks up closer to the Games. I believe it will, the people of Delhi just do things very differently to us back in England.

My training will begin on the September 25, so hopefully I will get to see more work that has gone into the Games and have a better understanding of what is happening.

Delhi is a wonderful and exciting place and I hope they incorporate this into the Commonwealth Games.