For more of my photos, or to buy my book, please visit www.nickkembel.com I have no idea what to expect as my train enters Mumbai. Well, actually, I have a few ideas. 20 million people, sprawl, poverty and wealth, mishmash of religions, colonial architecture, the biggest city in mainland Asia. Bollywood, with the highest output of films in the world, practically side by side with Dharavi, the second largest slum in the world. The city of blaring contrasts. An hour past the Mumbai limits and we are still riding into the city that never ends. Past local trains, people hanging from the sides, piled onto the roof. Arrival at Mumbai Central; it’s a zoo, but a taxi driver targets me before I even alight. My room is a windowless shoebox, and at 400 rupees (10$),
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