Today and yesterday we:1. For the first time got legally screwed by a cabbie, who instead of taking the direct route to Mumbai airport took us for a ride around the suburbs - 13km instead of 5. Grand total by the meter: €1.5. And still he hoped to extort an extra 0.5€ for our baggage. As if!2. Found security checks (separate lines and machines for men and women) at Mumbai Airport very thorough, almost like in Israel. Kinda makes you wonder why they...

Over the last three days:1. In spite of some initial difficulties (as in: K. carrying both our bags - 12 21k - to the platform on account of me being too weak to move; the train being very long and us not being able to find our car and then our bunks and nobody being able to help us with that etc. etc.) we boarded the train.2. We had our first train ride in India and it would have been a great experience, far superior to the bus, even in 2nd class (1st had been s...

Yesterday and today:1. We understood that a "sleeper" should more appropriately be called a "waker" given that the average bus driver honks the horn just as often as any driver in India, that the horn has three piercing tones to set the mood and is perfectly audible inside the bus.2. K. butchered her first hotel cockroach almost keeping her calm.3. With very little tout resistance we visited the magnificent Buddhist cave temple complex in Ajanta. We travelled the...

Today we:1. Learned that honking in Bombay doesn't stop even at night. Au contraire.2. Tasted jelebi, different samosas, pakoras, mango halva (!!!), plenty of unnamed snacks and some very sweet Muslim sweets. Do I need to say how awesome it all was?3. Saw plenty of live rats in the streets and some dead ones too, including one the size of a small chihuahua. And some crows feasting on the chihuahua!4. Made a new friend. Mahomar, you will always be welcome in B...

Went for a walk out of hotel last night. Almost got run over. Getting used to traffic on wrong side of road. Dark, full of holes, breaking an ankle quite likely. K. positively terrified. Wants to board the next flight back to Europe.Despite my doubts, curry I had last night at the hotel (chicken kadai..(?) ) excellent. Very hot, made me sniff for hours. After the night the taste still very evident in my mouth and on my breath, despite two tooth brushings.Today w...