Mumbai / Bombay

Hello all,
We have made it successfully to our last stop on our trip. Trivandrum was sleepy and great. We had a layover in Banglaore, and while we were only there for about an hour, the weather was awesome. Nice and cool(ish) and dry.

Mumbai is a big big city. Like New York on steroids. I've heard some pretty dodgy things about this place, but so far its bee nice, probably because he haven't moved around too much. There was definitely some shady business at the airport with our cab ride into town, but if anything I overpayed about $7, so whatever. We are staying in an are called the Fort, apparently where the Brits originally had theirs, although nothing remains today. We went past eh Oval Maiden yesterday, a big lawn where all the locals were playing cricket. And then headed on over to the Back Bay area, where we sat on the sea wall overlooking the Arabian Sea. The streetlights there ring the bay, and are called the Queen's Necklace, as the resemble a string of pearls. We watched the lights come on, and then headed across the street to get pizza and beer! Almost perfect, although the sauce still tastes funny. They always add "something" to make it taste Indian.

Today we are going to catch a boat to Elephanta Island, a big island in the bay renowned for its hand-cut temple caves. Felicia is very excited about this. Then for some general wanderings...

I'll try to post some more pics later.