Blogs from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia - page 95

Great flight over with Virgin, took a record 8.15hrs and got bulkhead seating - so loads of room, lush. Arrived in Mumbai lunchtime and got a fast car into town and hotel on Marine Drive with airy rooms and balconies over-looking the Arabian Sea. Mama survived the flight well, but little sleep so well tired when we arrived, so packed her off to bed for R & R the first evening. We have been well entertained and looked after for the past 2 days by Tarla our Indian lady friend, who Mama had not seen for 30 years! It was quite an occassion and she has since treated us for drinks and dinner at the Bombay Cricket Club several times, where she is a life member, so we have been well spoilt. Yesterday we were living ... read more

Geo: 19.048, 73.0828On Thursday, October 20th, after cramming a year's-worth of preparation into just a few short months, we left for our year-long journey across South Asia and Africa. With a one-way ticket, we boarded the first of three flights that would get us to Mumbai, India. After almost two days of flying (with time changes), which included a six-hour walkabout in Hong Kong, we arrived in Mumbai on Saturday. Our friend from Portland, Stacie Shelton, and her boyfriend, Mukesh Sen, were there to greet us and help us navigate through the touts and taxi drivers that wait at the airport for tourists like us. At 9PM at night, there was still traffic and it took a while for us to get to our new home for the next three months. We are living in a ... read more

Gespaltene Persoenlichkeit So jetzt ists noch genau eine Woche und ich fahre definitiv morgen nach Goa, Montag fliege ich zurück nach Mumbai und am Abend weiter nach Deutschland. Hier noch ein kurzer Eintrag aber es wurde nach Teil 2 verlangt und da lass ich mich doch nicht lumpen . Wie geht’s mir jetzt? Ich freu mich natuerlich auf euch, werde aber viele Menschen und Orte vermissen. Im Moment bin ich mit meinem Kopf bereits in Deutschland, meine Seele baumelt in einer Haengematte in Goa und mein Herz verweilt noch in Mumbai. Logischerweise gibt es dann also noch einen letzten Eintrag Dienstag morgen. Von wo? Aus Zürich! A day in life Teil 2 Am Nachmittag arbeite ich meist mit Kopfhörer. Anders kann man sich kaum konzentrieren, wenn die Leute 4 Sprachen auf einmal um einen herum sprechen ... read more

Last time we saw our hero she had just changed her phone number, an ordeal which, not surprisingly, took longer and more work than one would think. And now, what could possibly be new, you ask? Well the Jewish year for one has changed. Happy 5766 to all the Jews out there! So my mother reminded me that I haven't updated a journal in quite the long time, so allow me to update now...first off, I have internet in my apt now!!!! Well, only from 8pm-8am, but so it goes. Today I went walking with my friend Ada Chan (from Canada) around Dadar (an area of Mumbai just south of Matunga where I live). On my way to meet her, I was struck by the smells of Mumbai. I'm not quite sure why it struck me ... read more

Hello! Today we're in Bombay (Mumbai)! Jamie and I spent a few days in Jaipur. Three nights to be exact. we stayed at a hotel called Evergreen guest house, which was a really cozy place with a lovely garden, a good restaurant, and a small swimming pool. The first day I had to sleep off some on-coming sickness, and so we didn't get out into the town until later that day. We walked around the old town 'The Pink City' and bumped into some local students who were 'practising their english'. after telling us all about their studies and their lives, a random man on a motor bike said something to the boys and they hurried away from us without a backwards glance. hmm....my guess is that they were trying to scam us and the man ... read more