Horn OK Please

May 13, 2008 by olivermaclean

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…

 Hotel on the lake

Heading to Pushkar either tomorrow or the day after

 

 

It Begins

May 13, 2008 by olivermaclean

So here i am.

my life

Checked into the salvation army hostel in Mumbai. Greeted by bed bugs, cockroaches, theft and junkies.  Other than that i felt right at home.

 Taxi