Here goes 25 days in Southern India.
After an upgrade with BA to world traveller plus and being assured this would leave me feeling 'more refreshed' on arrival. It didn't. Anyway.
The afternoon involved napping on an extremely hard bed (at the 'Travellers Inn' in Fort, Mumbai). Oh, and having my senses assaulted. Without doubt the hardest thing about embarking on a trip beginning in a massive city like this is orientating yourself and being ten miles out of your comfort zone, and I'm not precious!!
It's crazily overwhelming and hard work. You have to get used to the immediate area and widen your radius as you go. No longer as reliant on the +Lonely Planet
after 8 years of their use, its always a start. Last night we ate in Mahesh in the Fort area of Mumbai, which can only be described at a frozen smoke box. It wreaked of incense which hung in the air like dry ice. Bizarre. The food was ok though.
after 8 years of their use, its always a start. Last night we ate in Mahesh in the Fort area of Mumbai, which can only be described at a frozen smoke box. It wreaked of incense which hung in the air like dry ice. Bizarre. The food was ok though.
Salted lime soda and chai. Two things I LOVE about India and they're both hard to get that wrong. Bonus!
I've been reading the Mumbai Boss blog, www.mumbaiboss.com and on its recommendation have ended up in A place called the Woodside Inn (www.woodsideinn.in) in Colaba. They're beer and burger festival was pretty decent! Although I had a salted lime soda with mine!
Back to sightseeing, The Gateway of India was next.
In 2007 there were terrorist attacks on a hotel next to hear which mean this area is surrounded by security - by Indian standards, i.e. fencing and knackered looking bomb detectors to walk thru with 4 staff to 5000 people streaming back and forth.
I had an excellent chai today by the way. It was 75p so not the cheapest! (Mocha bar, Churchgate)
After Mumbai I'm headed down the Konkan coast for some beach time come monsoon or shine!
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