Teizeen:
After a long 24 + hours in the air, and being almost run over by one of those airport buggies (the ones that transport people inside the airport - the driver was backing out and didn't see me because I was "too short"), we finally arrived at our hotel in Mumbai at 4:00 am on Tuesday morning.
We were walking through town getting some errands done (getting local cell numbers, checking out the train terminal, buying a Hindi-English book and stocking up on hand sanitizer), and came across this little internet cafe called "Portasia". Cost = approx. $0.50 for an hour, and the internet speed is not bad (better than Kenya).
Our room is spic and span with shiny tile floors and a sink about 1/4 the size of what we have back home. Breakfast was served on a tray in our room: paratha with lemon chutney (yum!), and hot Indian milk tea. We're already looking forward to some good dinner cuisine... I've already set my eyes on the street-side banana stalls to get my daily morning banana fix!
Ryan:
As always, it was nearly impossible for me to get comfortable enough to sleep on the plane. This is probably some kind of payback for having worked at a place that designed airplane interiors for four and a half years. Anyway, the not sleeping on airplanes took place over a ~24hr period so my brain feels like mashed potatoes. Teizeen was able to use her height to her advantage and curl up in the airplane seat. She slept a little (but not much) better than I. We are both cranky!
It's 2:00AM back home in Washington as we write this - and our minds & bodies still think it is 2:00AM as well. As a result, this first post may be a little thin - but, before we sign off, here are a couple of first impressions from both Teizeen and I from our walk out in town:
After a long 24 + hours in the air, and being almost run over by one of those airport buggies (the ones that transport people inside the airport - the driver was backing out and didn't see me because I was "too short"), we finally arrived at our hotel in Mumbai at 4:00 am on Tuesday morning.
We were walking through town getting some errands done (getting local cell numbers, checking out the train terminal, buying a Hindi-English book and stocking up on hand sanitizer), and came across this little internet cafe called "Portasia". Cost = approx. $0.50 for an hour, and the internet speed is not bad (better than Kenya).
Our room is spic and span with shiny tile floors and a sink about 1/4 the size of what we have back home. Breakfast was served on a tray in our room: paratha with lemon chutney (yum!), and hot Indian milk tea. We're already looking forward to some good dinner cuisine... I've already set my eyes on the street-side banana stalls to get my daily morning banana fix!
Ryan:
As always, it was nearly impossible for me to get comfortable enough to sleep on the plane. This is probably some kind of payback for having worked at a place that designed airplane interiors for four and a half years. Anyway, the not sleeping on airplanes took place over a ~24hr period so my brain feels like mashed potatoes. Teizeen was able to use her height to her advantage and curl up in the airplane seat. She slept a little (but not much) better than I. We are both cranky!
It's 2:00AM back home in Washington as we write this - and our minds & bodies still think it is 2:00AM as well. As a result, this first post may be a little thin - but, before we sign off, here are a couple of first impressions from both Teizeen and I from our walk out in town:
- All the taxis look like the volvo sedan's of the 1970's - except really tiny versions of them - and most of them that I have seen are black with chrome details.
- People honk to warn others to get out of the way rather than to scold traffic offenders.
- The streets are vaguely familiar - dusty, crowded with vendors of all sorts, and busy. It reminds us of Mombasa streets (but with fewer livestock and more people)
SO excited! Keep us in the loop! Anna
ReplyDeleteYou are guys are going to have an amazing time! I will look forward to reading about your travels. Are you going to post pictures anywhere?
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