Park Plaza Royal Palms, Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)

... after we&#8217;d turn he explained that to get there we had to drive quite a fair bit - less traffic, better time wise but the distance and therefore the price was considerably more. <br><br>I was getting a bit ****** off with him and let him know that. When we got close to 250, I told him to stop because I did not have enough cash on me. He kept saying &#8220;No cheating, meter, it&#8217;s Meru Taxi&#8221;. He also explained that I would have to pay 50 Rupees for the bridge ...

... you go Mr?" .........Don't tell<br>him......."An Internet cafe".......nob. "I show you a good one,<br>then we can go to Thomas cook travel agent to get some euros and dollars.<br><br>What was he going on about? Why can't you use rupees in Goa? Was this more<br>bollocks!!?? Why would he lie? he led me through a maze of very narrow streets<br>to a small Internet cafe and sat with me. I logged on and told him to turn away<br>whilst I logged into the Nationwide website with the intention of ...

... which absolutely blew us all away, as well as see a concert featuring two of the most popular vocalists in India, Rashid Khan and Shankar Mahadevan. We were very lucky to have as many great experiences with music in Mumbai as we did travelling around and seeing the city. We spent out last couple days organizing all of our photos, recordings and music that we acquired while being here in India. We will all be spending the next 4 months apart and need to make ...

... I am not surprised that their kids haven't come to our school yet - I'm not entirely sure they could cope! On the day of our visit, all our kids turned up with their best clothes on. Not a scrap of dirt on any of them and all their hair was tied neatly back - it was really sweet. The International school sent two air-conditioned buses to pick us up, complete with seat belts, which the kids all put on in excitement! When we arrived at the school, it was VAST ...

... idea. When asking a local for directions locals are normally quite helpful, although the local have no problem telling you which way to go when they have actually no idea. For example, is there an Internet Cafe nearby. YES, YES, YES, down there. After 15 minutes searching, you came back and ask again "Where is the Internet Cafe, I cannot find it?", then they may say there is no Internet ...

... to help the bacteria in my stomach cope with the antibiotics, cough mixture and nose drops. All this set me back a mere £3! For this and this alone, I LOVE India. I have started to take them this evening and am hoping it will work. Other than this, it has been an interesting week, I can tell you! For a start off its been tough. Really tough. Karma seems to have seen fit to make me one of the main people for the Nallasopara school. I ...

... with purple swirls on it and a very fancy handle. Took the umbrellas for their first outing today and in my very humid hand I soon discovered that the colour had come off. Not all of it fortunately - but the palm of my hand was purple!!! We walked from 10am when we left the hotel and just wandered around until we returned to hotel about 5pm. We went to the Fort area of Mumbai. This was one of the original colonial areas and the ...

... was very funny as they had an audience of about 20 watching. We took our shoes off when we got to the entrance and another guard showed us around. The place is amazing and is full of beautiful antiques from all around the world. Chinese vases, Italian marble, statues of Queen Victoria and old paintings - one in particular by Rueben of St Catherine's wedding - its priceless and just withering away in the elements.... After our tour ...

Hi, First things first, tea with Waseem in Cafe Yash was fun, after he left we ended up playing cards with some crazy girls from Alaska who'd just come from 3months in Ethiopia. Couldn't get back to the hotel til late cos our road was closed and no one had warned us! Arrived in Mumbai yesterday lunchtime, shocked to find it very different to what we expected. Where we're staying is very westernised and if ...

... certainly seen a lot of the world in their hey days. Á__ _ __ÁAfter dinner, for which Ba herself had prepared Banana bajjhias for me, I spent about two hours updating my diary. Saturday, May 7th: Á__ _ __ÁAt the usual time I woke and got up. Since I had little else to do, I decided to spend the day playing with Shona. I had her show me the books which were given to her by Ilamasi and MV. She seemed to have liked the books given by Ilamasi, and ...