Bombay November 11th, 2008

I arrived OK in Bombay, everything was smooth. Got to the hotel at
about 12:30 PM. Pretty simple hotel but quite clean on OK on Colaba,
very good location by the India Gate (Janine for you, the Apollo hotel seems pretty nice from the outside, it is on the Lonely planet
mid-range list). Better to stay in this area and it is quite close to
the CSTM train station).
Mumbai is pretty crowded, not very clean and quite chaotic like all of India. I did not expect anything different. For me I'm not feeling any shock from the crowds, pollution and mess as I've already experienced this in the past. I'm staying here two days before going to Puna. Not quite necessary as there is not much to see from tourist attractions.
As always shopping stalls everywhere. Things much more expensive here
than in other Indian cities. At least the weather is quite nice, warm
but not very humid, therefore quite bearable. I'm been walking for many hours and that is what I like to do. Shops, stalls, food, people, etc. Nothing quite amazing yet, except for the trains station, the CST, for the Victoria Terminus. Amazing Gothic building and I've never seen in my life human crowds like there. I'm eating mostly India food, Dosas, vegetarian stuff and also trying some stuff in the streets. The food is pretty good but quite spicy everywhere. There are plenty of tourists in the area, but not loads of them. So far so good. Tomorrow will try to visit the biggest human laundry in the world, supposed to have 6000 people washing clothes. The to Pune.