Bombay bombs

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Back to Bombayyyy, we headed, after a terribly short stay in beautiful Matheran. But such is the travellers burden, as we'd planned to meet up with Lex's good friend Alex. Sadly, it fell through; we'd both been looking forward to his arrival. In anycase, a few more days in flashy Mumbai! We ended up crashing in Colaba, a prime central location in the vast metropolis and the cheapest place to stay amongst other backpackers... Lex and I arrived, exhausted as usual, to find that the cheap & clean Red Cross hostel was full~ so we continued looking along Arthur Bundur Rd. for anything we could find... an exhaustive 5 hotels later, we settled on the Gulf Hotel, a Muslim-run hole squeezed between two buildings. They gave us a tiny, basic, windowless room with no ventilation, and shared bath; they even denied us sheets! lying that they had none... I had to scheme some off a bellboy. All this for the rock-bottom 450 Rps a night. Scandal.
But we got a nice look at Bombay anyway - Hung out by the picturesque Gateway of India; had our first tasty "chaat" on the Chowpatty beach; watched the beautiful sunset over the Back Bay walking along Marine Drive; purused some garish Hindu weddings; enjoyed a 10 Rp tour of the zany Crawford Market, where you can buy show-pidgeons, great dane pups, or just about any kind of animal you'd like (or a part of one); viewed some interesting pre-Basquiat South African Modern art (and a few nice Indian pieces to boot) at the National Gallery of Modern Art; wandered around beautiful Bombay University and lazed on the Oval Maiden to catch some ad-hoc cricket games. But for the most part, we prepared for our departure~

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Photos

Lex's blowup toy
these are the #1 hot item for sale on the streets of Bombay

proud of my ear bush
many an Indian man captivates the ladies with these generous profusions

kitties bones n cellphones
in the Craford Market

Comments

[arumanda]

enjoying reading about your various adventures. thank you for sharing. i hope you get a bath of your own soon and have a safe journey onwards xo

[John Lamacchia]

Looks like u guys are having a great time.. glad ur safe and having fun. Think Im going to try to grow some ear hair.

[andy shaw]

so good..
I know that face. that I have to love and touch this fuzz face. I look forward to read the TyLex blog. I can't wait for myself to be on the other side of the fence again. Be safe. Love, Andy.

[dad]

Lost? or Lost in Paradise?
Find out how to do that ear hair thing!!!

[TyLex]

;)
thanks arumanda!

[TyLex]

do it!
grow some ear hair, that's what's hot in India!! we are doing well, lovin' me some India! xoxo!