On friday afternoon Pady and I met and took the train from Pune to
Mumbai. It was a four hour train journey but we were in the AC carriage
and it was very comfortable. At the station we met one of our friends
who we have made whilst living here in Pune and we all took a taxi to
our hotel. I was a bit worried about the hotel as they didnt take my
name when I rang up to book it they just said that it would be
fine....however they were actually expecting us when we did arrive. The
hotel was very basic and we had shared bathrooms however it was so very
very clean!
In Mumbai we did many toursity things such as
Elephant Island, visited temples and mosques. We also went to the
national gallery of modern art which was worth a visit and we spent a
fair bit of time in leopols cafe/bar which is packed with travellers
from all over the world. It is a brilliant place to meet people and go
for a few drinks with them the food is great but a bit more expensive
than othermore traditional indian places in Mumbai.
On the saturday evening John, Paddy and I were
scouted to be in an indian advert! We were a bit apprehensive (sp?)
however we met at Mc Donalds at 8am the following morning with 8 other
gappers. A goup of guys were also from the UK which was really nice to
speak to them about India as they had only been in the country for a few
days!
We then took a taxi to a five star hotel and we
spent the whole day filming, however there was a lot of waiting around
but it was a lot of fun and we got free food and got paid for it!
Another really nice thing about doing the
advert is that we spent a day with other travellers and so we all went
out in the evening to leopols for a drink!
Paddy and I actually took Monday and Tuesday off
work to spend more time in Mumbai. I really loved the city, there is
plently to do and see. It really is a happening place to be with many
bars and also travellers who you can talk to about experiences in India!