bombay/mumbai we love you!: Photos 21 to 29

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The two names for this city are totally interchangeable, it was originally named mumbai, but the british renamed it bombay. officially they have changed the name back to the original, but none of this is really important, its just funny b/c you go from one name to the next in a sentence. whatever its called it was like a slice of pie getting off the 30 hr train from kolkata (formerly calcutta....you know the story now) to this hybrid city of west meets east, new york meets india. you can obtain all the comforts and indulgents from home, they even have an english bay type beach area. our budget reflected this metropolitan upgrade, but we made up for it by working for a paycheck. yes we actually had money going into our wallets for once instead of the constant outflow. how did we obtain this money you ask? bollywood baby.

from the first few steps we took down the streets of colaba ( area in bombay ) we were approached to be extras in a movie. why not, right!? for those of you who have no idea what we are

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