Friday, April 25, 2008

Report From Mumbai/Bombay

This is our second day here. We've done some shopping and will probably be doing more over the next few days.

We're checked into the Bentley's Hotel. It's a budget hotel that's really colonial looking. The interior of the room is somewhat like a scene out of In the Mood For Love, dressing table complete with three mirrors and other dark wood furnishing. Pretty cool writing table as well, except that it's kinda spoilt. It's one of those letter tables that has a fold-out writing space, the ones you see in colonial period dramas (where they write the letters and all).

We had a late, late lunch at Cafe Churchill, which is two minutes outside our hotel. We're in the main touristy area of Colaba. There are boutiques lining one end of the street, on the other end there are the same stalls selling fake sunglasses and curios. Plenty of people jostling for walkspace, and nice bookstalls.

We might be headed to Marine Drive later on. Right now we're in Wich Latte which is a very strange sandwich bar place.

Leigh just scolded me and told me to eat my sandwich so she can move her laptop. Right, this means the report's over.

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