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I wake and go to the closest place to eat, just to fill my stomach. I look at the menu to see they sell everything but Indian food. Brilliant, so I choose a safe option of steak. Oh what a choice that was, I don't get steak, I get something with everything in oil sizzling and spitting. Though it tasted nothing like steak or anything I have eaten, it was delicious. So I come back to the hostel and have a nap to wake and see a new arrival of the three bed room, John from London.
After an introduction from each of us, we decide to have a look about Mumbai (Bombay if you are a local). Walking the streets of a city such as Mumbai you see such a juxtaposition of poverty and wealth. More major than anywhere I have ever been, from slums with starving children to Porsche dealer ships. Not only this, the rhythm of the city seems to beat like a heart attack. With none stop traffic that cares as little for red lights as it does for human life you dodge the traffic to cross any road. As sad as it may sound, I have never been so excited to just cross a road. I'll wait to jump out of a plane and compare the two then.
Throughout the day we try to have something from each street stall we walk past, from some strange milk and cardamom mix and seeds, that has a taste of cream and then BOOM, a hit of curry and a glass of freshly squeezed/crushed sugar cane, which I can honestly say is probably the best glass of drink that has ever touched my lips, it can only be described as a glass of sunshine. AMAZING! And for a large class for what is 12p you cannot complain. To a spicy pile of something, don't even know what it was but it was called Bhel Puri and Jain Sev Puri, also amazing.
After walking most of south Mumbai, we went to a traditional Indian restaurant and started to pick dishes at random and to our surprise each one was outstanding but nothing like home. This was all drowned with a bottle or two each of king fisher STRONG, 8% lager. Lovely
On to tomorrow and elephanta island.
Oh forgot to say, we also met snoop dogs twin, he tried to sell us stuff but we said no snoop!
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Lawrence You're wearing the mac already!!! Lol. What a solid purchase.