Chowpatty just after sunset

Hi from Mumbai

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January 13th 2007
by the way, we often update previous entries so do flick back through for any new stuff. Tom speaking: Pulled into Mumbai Tulak station at 6:30am, mobbed by the usual gang of taxi drivers. Anyway got one into Colaba (seemed overpriced at Rs 700, but he did use the meter and I cross-checked the conversion chart...?!). Rocked up at Leopold's, which is very much the traveller's bar/eatery ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more