Train arrived at I dropped off the shopping suitcase in the cloak room as I was tired of lugging it around. At 10 rupees per day for storage its affordable to say the least, but we'll find out about the safety/security when I pick it up. David and I got out of the train station and made our way to Paharganj, the backpacer neighborhood in Delhi I mentioned before. As it was late and the neighborhood very shady/seedy we found a hotel that was safe for 700 rupees a night only after much negotiation. Tired from a late night last night and a long day of wanderings we watched some soccer (USA vs. Italy) and crashed. Got up at about 10am and he let me use his computer to back up all my pictures. About pictures, internet is really slow in India and I'm having a lot of difficulty uploading them so you guys will have to wait until I get back on the 23rd...they will be up shortly thereafter...sorry!
Checked out, booked my taxi for the airport and wandered outside for some breakfast. Surpisingly Paharganj was shut down and in fact there was a protest in the street. None of the shops/restaurants were open as the government was making plans to demolish many of the shops to widen the road to allow buses to travel to the nearby train station. Needless to say this angered many of the business owners so they staged a protest...a peacefule one, but the military was still called in to secure order. We found a rooftop cafe which was open and provided a good view of the action down on the street and by the end of breakfast it had all calmed down and the shops began to open. I wrote down tons of information for David about Thailand, Malaysia's Perhentian Islands and the infamous Gilis in Indonesia since he was planning to book a ticket out that afternoon...brought back some good memories and I started having feelings of heading back there but I need to get home...its time to get back to reality...not so sure how I feel about that just yet...guess I'll find out next week. Anyways, enough of that, hit the internet and then hopped in the cab to the airport. Flight to Mumbai was good and then after picking up my bag hopped in a taxi to my mom's sister-in-law's flat (condo) in South Bombay. My mom's brother passed away a few years back therefore I'm here staying with his wife, but her son, Bhisham (my cousin) from NYC is also here so it was good to catch up since I haven't seen him since I was like 8. Really nice place with cool views of the sea and should make a good base for exploring Mumbai until its time to head home...Maybe I'll sneak in a quick flight to Goa for a couple of nights!
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As much as I like reading your posts, its killing me. I wish I could have joined you on some of your tour and it always makes me want to do a grand tour myself. Maybe in 9 months when I am done in London I will. Enjoy your last few days, will try and catch you when i am back in the US in August.
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