Hello! yesterday night I finally arrived safely in India. After a 14 hours delay I walked out of the airport and where found Thijs and very many Indians. After a few attempts we found a taxi that could take us to Thijs's house and the gin-tonics.



In the morning I went with Thijs to see what work he is doing here in India. We took a train to Malad where we met Nutan, our translator. Next we took a bus to the Northern suburbs where many people live in slums. There we tried to find some people who are willing to talk to Thijs to get some insight in their economical situation, as he is trying to verify a research on poverty. The people were friendly fishermen who lived in houses made from sticks, plastic and rope: this was pretty impressive. Next we had tea and visited a small orphanage and then returned to Mumbai.


In Mumbai we first went for refreshments: smoothie, hooka and a very nice chocolate pie, which I hope to put on youtube soon. Next we took a riksja to the better part of town where we took a stroll and bought some very nice Indian shirts to pick up Remy in style tomorrow night at the airport at 04.20hrs. After all this we had some gin-tonics and went for dinner. Now I will go to sleep as I only have 4hrs sleep left before we leave for the airport. See you in the morning! Yvo