Mumbai - What can I say?

Well as Andrew promised, here is my take on things in India. However, I am afraid that my literary talents do not stretch as far as Andrew's and therefore my ramblings will follow in the vain of Adrian Mole and Bridget Jones!!! (personal favourites of mine)

What can I say? it has been a interesting first couple of weeks....

1st stop - Mumbai

I am going to be completely honest in this blog and all I can say about Mumbai is that I hated it and hope that I never have to go back!!!
The smells, the heat, the noise (cars honk at every opportunity), the mass of people, the poverty, seeing people sleeping in the streets everywhere, people staring at us, people hassling you for money, getting ripped off by taxi drivers - i had a massive culture shock and can't believe that people live in such conditions, it was a bit of a eye opener. One thing that will stay in my memory forever is that me and Andrew were walking down the back streets to our hotel and we were nearly at the doorstep of our hotekl and then I saw this man on the street crouching down, at first I thought that he was praying and then I saw poo coming out - he was having a shit on the street!!!! Urghh, it is making me sick just writing it out!!!! It was the single most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my life!!!

Although good points in Mumbai were that our hotel was lovely and very central - the Gateway of India was only ten minutes walk down the road and that I managed to persuade Andrew to go out to the Taj Palace for a meal (for people who know Andrew is Mr Budget these days and he gives Captain a good name!! sorry Tim LOL). This is where the attacks took place on 26/11, this was a beautiful hotel however at over £250 per night there was no way we could have stayed here (although it would have been delightful) and so we blew the equivilent of about 15 decent meals and drinks in India on one night (so thank you mother, it was a lovely bday present and our nicest evening in Mumbai).

Didn't really get to do much sightseeing in Mumbai as the jet lag seriously set in, also due to the heat we could only spend a few hours and then we had to come back to the hotel room for the A/C.

I decided on leaving Mumbai that I dont really want to visit any more cities!! Guess I must be a country girl at heart after all!!

I am hoping at this stage that I like what the rest of India has to offer......

Victoria Terminus













Have a look at our new world food blog website The Food Atlas.com for world food recipes and stories.
Are you interested in food recipes from around the world? Have a look at www.thefoodatlas.com
Computer speed problems? www.systemoptimizer.org