Hi guys!After an intense couple of days in Delhi we arrived at the Domestic airport and were pleasantly surprised. The flight was delayed but the airport had good services and we happily stuffed our samosas, sandwiches and European-style chocolate to keep us going.Flying down to Mumbai went well- people are very tolerant of Callum in particular as he hurls his things around, sings and argues! I'm constantly amazed at how well the kids are coping.As we flew in over Mumbai which juts out into the sea, there is an incredible sprawl of miles and miles of buildings and 'shanty town' type areas. The area around the airport is very poverty stricken and as we got off the plane we were struck by very polluted air again and a very different level of humididty- I think we sweated more in the first few minutes of being in Mumbai than the whole time in hot dry Delhi! We went by a very small taxi ( 5 of us crammed in the back seat) and headed up to the YMCA. Met 'Gideons' who then introduced us to a Board Member of the Y - Jacob Abraham who has since taken us under his wing. Great to have a familiar face to touch base with.
He upgraded our room & put us in a lovely spacious family size room ( considerably easier than the two smaller rooms and 4 beds between the 5 of us in Delhi- though Joe had great fun sleeping on the luggage shelf and making it home!).We're 4 floors up but next door to a mosque where we can hear the preaching on the loud .However we're just up the road from an American-style icecream parlour which will come in useful when it comes to bribing the kids! Spent the first day in Colaba- where a vast array of experiences greeted us. We spoiled ourselves on a dead posh breakfast which then lasted us all day as we walked ourselves fit!Colaba feels more like London on the main streets but the back streets are full of amazing differences. We are constantly stared at, begged from and generally offered products from mangoes to toys and balloons. Steve's bought a local style suit- can't wait for him to don it in public!! We did a lot of walking , ending up at a Jain temple on Malbar Hill which is meant to be a prestigious area but didn't feel like one! The temple was a strange place but worth seeing first hand.So much more to tell...but Hannah's desperate to MSN her friends so that's it for now- The Clay gang x
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i hope you are all alright and all stuff! it all sounds very cool well hot lol and interesing =D hope you are having a fab time and you are all enjoying your self
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What a great time you are having -your descriptions bring everything alive. We shall continue to follow with interest-and not a little envy! love Dad & Mum S
Hi guys, Wendy and Geoff here recovering from a hard walk (10 miles over the mountain range of Clent) in the rain. But we raised over £2000! for Maggie's Ghana Project with the 19 people who took part. It's been good to keep up with your progress via your Blog and I (Wendy) am almost ready to share the experience. Let me know how many days the golden triangle tour will be so that I can complete my itinerary for the folks at home (eg Geoff). See you Saturday.
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