Renaissance Mumbai Hotel And Convention Center Mumbai (Bombay)

... a little earlier today and headed to the Mumbai museum not far from the Colaba district after another brekky at Leopolds cafe. The museum (formerly called the Prince of Wales museum now an Indian name) was quite good and we had an audio guide in the price. Typically all foreigners pay way more to enter museums and sites than locals. The range of items was extensive with loads of religious artworks, sculptures and a good explanation of the archaeological relics of India. The ...

... away at the bottom of the hill... Once down there the trail led back up the hill--then back down the hill--to the beer!! Ice cold beer and debauchery ensued, that was followed by a hitched ride back to Bombay, bumpin ABBA the whole way. We ended up at at a local bar before being dropped off in Colaba after a long, exhausting day...pretty much standard for Hashers.

... deserve more than just a passing review, but I'm not sure that even given vast amounts of time I could possibly do them justice. We passed through the tiny airport in half an hour and then waited in the muggy heat for a bus to come drive us a little over 50 feet to the waiting plane. The air, as you board, is filled with a sort of white gas that is part coolant, part perfume, and part futuristic horror flick. After perhaps thirty ...

... This was the night I actually quit smoking, for reasons I will explain - I think it may have been a sign from god. We left the bar to buy some ciggarettes and after hearing a very loud bang dismised it as fire crackers. The susequent fleeingt of people from around the corner however and the rather distinct sound of machine guns meant we hot footed it back into the bar where they locked us in for half an hour. That was not the way I thought ...

... this one) Porcupine, Palm Civet, Mouse Deer, Rhesus Macaque (saw these) Bounet Macaque, Hanuman Langur (?) Indian Flying Fox and Sambhar. We had though to go to the Lion Safari section of the park to see the tigers and panthers, but we were just so soaked and dried off and resoaked that we had had enough. Was very pleased to get back to the hotel and have a shower and put on some dry clothes. The locals have been excellent and very helpful with directions.

... be tanned enough now to pass for Indians but needless to say it didn't work and the man behind the desk just laughed at us. Ah well, it was worth a try. We looked around the caves for a couple of hours. Karl was more interested in the monkeys than the caves though. While we were walking around a group of Indian lads asked if they could take a picture with us and a few minutes later a family asked if they could get a picture too. It's weird. The ferry back was ...

... money etc. Also ate the eggless monginis cake. Then went upstairs and Mahapooja Sabha was on. Dinkar Uncle talked about the glory of "Je Utapati Sthiti" stating that this shloka does not even describe Vishnu but devotees of Vishnu. That was amazing. Then we went to Ghatkopar and visited my house (along with Dinkar Uncle). At my house Dinkar Uncle talked about different varying topics. One of them was interesting about how one should apply everything first in ...