So after a really relaxed amazing time in Hampi I moved onto Bombay. Crazy city & a bit exhausting once your used to the relaxed pace of life Goa & Hampi provide. Over the 3 days I spent there, the highlight was going on the Shantaram tour provided by Prabaker's brother Kishore. He met me at the Taj hotel and over 4 hours, showed me the whole on the city. All the places in the Shantaram book, the prison, market, Falkland road, which they renamed Fuckland road since 80,000 prostitutes used to work in that area in the 80s. The Most eye-opening thing I saw was the slums. The slum houses ate all so cramped, small and filthy. Rats run the narrow paths at night & its a constant struggle if your living there. This however
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