15/2/10 and 16/2/10: The next two days were spent hopping on and off trains and walking around Mumbai. Our main goal was to buy another laptop and battery charger for our Steri-pen as the other one broke. This proved more difficult than first thought and we found ourselves going from one side of Mumbai to the other. It didn’t matter that much because we really were able to see the real Mumbai. On the first day of walking it was safe enough to walk in thongs but after walking some tem km’s an old ankle injury decided to flare up leaving it difficult to walk without extreme pain and this would end up haunting me for the next three weeks. Jacinta had her own problems on the second day walking down the three flights of stairs ... read more

11/2/10: Late last night Jacinta felt terrible until she was that sick that she ended up throwing up until there was nothing left in her stomach. This made her feel a whole lot better but even more confused about what sickness she may have, was it flu or stomach? We walked the ghats again in the morning until Jacinta had no energy left. We walked as far as the biggest burning ghat and were approached by a Indian man saying “no photos no photos of burning body” Of course everyone already knew this, it was just an excuse to start talking to you about the cremation process. They also say they are a fire man that helps burn the bodies or a volunteer that helps the elderly waiting to die in the towers directly behind the ... read more

9/2/10: I never got any sleep as the whole night was spent on the toilet. Jacinta didn’t get any sleep either and her flu made it hard for her to breath. Feeling so drained I had to now replace the nurturance that was flushed down the toilet some 24+ times. I also had to get some throat lozenge’s, and orange juice for Jacinta and some precious water and toilet paper. I managed to find all this relatively easy and made my way back through the shit filled alley ways or Galis in Hindi. I managed to pass a blind man using his stick to tap on the Galis walls to find his way back home. After 10min of winding my way back and forth I managed to get lost in the maze of back alleys. I ... read more

7/2/10: The train stopped at 12:30 in the middle of the night and with myself drifting in and out of dream land I didn’t realise until 4:00 in the morning that we hadn’t move in over three to four hours, I thought the train must of broke down. It wasn’t until 7:00 in the morning that I managed to get myself out of bed to unwillingly go to the train toilet. It wasn’t until 8:00 that I found out that our train line to Varanasi was bombed by a Terrorist attack at 11:30 last night and we were only an hour from where it took place. With our ETA being 10:00am we didn’t leave the train station of Madhapur until 12:00am and had another full 12-13hrs to go. We were pissed off only because now we ... read more

5/2/10: We got ourselves out and about by 10:00 and needed to get our mobile phone sorted after a message we had received from Vodaphone indicating we hadn’t finished some documentation. On the way we crossed a herd of goats just walking through the streets and it was the strangest thing to see in the middle of the city and we both had a good laugh and carried on. We walked back down Park St onto Chowringhee Rd walking north. There were market stalls located all on this road and sell most things like bags, sunglasses, cosmetic products etc. We were trying to find some sleeping bags for our trip as it was going to get cold in Varenasi. We found a large market place contained under one roof and as soon as we got close ... read more