Left Mumbai yesterday, absolute shit hole. Hot, smelly, dirty, nothing to do. Dirty. Caught a sleeper bus to Udaipur, Rajasthan. It took 17 hours and the “cabin”/ bed was about 40cmx40cmx50cm. Worth it to get out of Mumbai though. Udaipur is a little bit cooler, smaller and less busy. It seems like real India. Cows everywhere.
The back of one of the many trucks we passed yesterday on the bus, they actively encourage beeping. The horns are elaborate as well, some sound out theme tunes and songs. Thought i heard the Match of the Day theme song at one point… but that might have been due to the lack of sleep. Crazy drivers and bad roads.
Udaipur is where octopussy was filmed and they show it everynight at 7pm EVERYWHERE. A few temples and a lake. Not much else…
Heading to Pushkar either tomorrow or the day after
May 15, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Pics came through good for us keep it comming, will e mail you soon.
Love from all of us
Cheers Chris
May 17, 2008 at 7:52 am
Good to get txt in the wk and hear you’re OK.Mumbai sounds a right hole ….. booking our nxt holiday there as I write! Keep up the blog, it’s great to see what you are up to.