Profile
Blog
Photos
Videos
Well were here safe and sound, it was a bit of a shock starting in Mumbai, it's one mental place! We got a taxi to our hotel from the airport, the driving over here is beyond anything I had seen on the tv, it's just a mass of vehicles all weaving in and out of each other. It doesn't matter where you are or what side of the road your on if there's a gap you go in it. They all use there horns constantly but no one gets angry it's like they have there own code, short toot to let you know there just next to you and a long toot to say move over I'm faster than you!!
Everywhere you look theres stuff going on , cows , dogs people with pots and s*** on there head. It looks like a war zone as you drive through, and when you've just got off the plane a bit worrying thinking your staying here somewhere! When we got to the hotel there had been a mistake with the booking, it was my fault I booked it for the first and second but we didn't arrive till the second(twat!) so they had let our room out. The man in the hotel walked us round the streets to about four different hotels before we finally found one with a room, I was s***ting myself thinking we were going to end up under a bridge in a cardboard box!
The room was nice in the end though. Once we looked around a bit it didn't seem as bad there were people everywhere all the time day or night, dogs cows tuctucs beggars, a complete visual over load!
We decided the next day to get a flight to goa as it was only £50.
We had about an hours ride in a taxi once we got there which involved lots of closing your eyes clenching of buttocks! We headed for a beach area which the guy at the airport said had plenty of places to stay, when we arrived it looked a bit like a cross between Weymouth and beruit! But we soon found a decent hotel and once we looked around it seemed alot nicer!
We have been told by some English guys we met in the bar that we paid well over the odds for our room so we've just booked in to another apartment they recommend. They also said we better sort out accommodation over Xmas as it gets manic here. So we decided to book in until after Xmas.
Once were settled were going to get a couple of scooters and have a whizz around! Well that's all for now, will keep you posted.
- comments