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Travel Blogs from Matheran
An enjoyable walk to Garbut Point - August 2012
... from Garbut Point, nonetheless it was an enjoyable walk.
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Beep, Beep!!
... R490 (£6)non A/C and R590 A/C, we opted for the A/C but a tip to others don't bother, the A/C won't work and you'll end up opening your windows all the same.
We leave the airport in our chariot with an odd looking gas cylinder attached to the back and hit Mumbai, well bloody hell, as expected the place is mental, completely bonkers, everybody and i mean everybody uses their horn, at least 61 times a minute, in every mile you have 20 near missus, nobody takes notice ...
Catching up
... move further in the direction of Mumbai. The team is very much looking forward to that. In some instances the cultural differences and communication issues have been large for too long and they are getting tired of all the very good intentions to eat more food and more food, try this and try that etc. The expectation is that the more we move to Mumbai, the less communication issues will happen and the smaller the cultural differences will be. ...
Mumbai..our backpacking baptism of fire!!
... taxi driver and was only trying to help. He wanted paying in english pounds, for his help! We got rid of him and set off in our old school ambassedor on a very bumpy, confusing and eye opening ride to our hotel.
After already trying to be conned out of money once, our taxi driver then decided he didn't know where our hotel was (he told us that he did at the airport) and kept driving around and asking people and getting more and more lost. When we did ...
First Monsoon Visit of 2011 - 9 July 2011
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Some horses on their way up
Waterfall by the roadside
It was jam packed with taxis when we reached Dasturi Naka beyond which motor vehicles are not permitted. There was a ...
Amenities
- Restaurant