Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Hello again!

After 2 days of traveling, and 2 days in Mumbai, I've decided it might be time to post again. I don't want to give too much of play-by-play of the days' events, so I'll just provide some highlights from my experience traveling here and the little bit I've gotten to see of Mumbai.

Namely -the man sitting next to me on the flight from London to Mumbai.

I sat next to a very chatty Indian man who does business in the U.S. and was flying back home. Despite his chattiness, my American ears only understood about 60% of what he was saying. What I did understand however made for a very interesting plane ride. I'll just provide a snip it of quotes from the ride. 

        Me: "What's your name?"
        Man: (Something I didn't understand).
         Me: "Can you say that again?"
        Man: "Don't worry about it, just call me Kumar."

Ok, thanks for the confidence Kumar.

     Kumar also told me I just travel to a holistic hospital in Kerala that can cure any ailment I have. I'll keep that in mind if I accidentally drink some water.

      Kumar: "You know you just ordered the Indian breakfast, right?"
           Me: "Yeah, I thought I should give it a try."
      Kumar: "Ok...good luck with that."

Again, thanks for the confidence.

Since arriving, I've spent much of my time sleeping in Manali's aunt's wonderful apartment, recovering from some extreme jet lag. When I haven't been sleeping, these are some of the things I've seen:

This insane view of Mumbai from her aunt's new apartment 






Statue of Ganesh in the small Jagdeeshwara Temple
I know its a bit dark, but the Mumbai skyline at night




That's it for now. Tomorrow morning we head to Pune!





2 comments:

  1. You made it on my reading list. Can't wait to hear about all of your adventures!

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    1. Thanks Alex! I just added you to mine as well. You're actually the first to go on my reading list! I'm excited to hear about your experience with YAV in NOLA too!

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