Our first full day in Mumbai. The previous day we mostly recovered somewhat from jetlag (slept!) etc. Today we decided to go to downtown Mumbai as our first hotel was near the airport for ease. We got an auto rickshaw to the nearest trainstation which was fine and went for first class train tickets because we were in rush hour, it was still crowded though! The problem was that we went to the central station but we really should have gone to Churchgate which was much closer to where we wanted to be - must remember to research our destination before going to the ticket window! Still, we had a long walk through an alright area of the city mostly by following the train tracks and saw loads of different shops and people - v.v. different
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