Day4 Post-breakfast, Mumbai, Marine Plaza Hotel Inquiring minds details: bathrooms? so far, a-okay, in fact, very nice and clean. Exchange rate?very good (~47 rupees to one U.S.$) Prices? We're staying high end. Tips for guides -- 100-200 rupees; very nice midnight buffet dinner--~$11/each. Food? Based on two meals, both in the hotel restaurant. Really great. Mixed cuisines. (midnight buffet had Italian, Chinese, but mostly Indian) (breakfast had British and Indian). As for the Indian, I generally have no idea what it is, even after eating it, but it's delicious. Interesting note -- Indian vegetarians do eat milk and cheese but not eggs. Most food follows this formula, but there are meat options. For trying-not-to-eat-meat-eaters like Laura and I, protein is a challenge. The Atkins diet would be impossible. Crime? Street crime reported to be
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