Day 3: Tea and Dance

Today has been a rather uneventful day here in Mumbai. After three short night we decided to get some extra sleep. In the afternoon we went looking for some nice silk fabric to make a sleeping bag for Thijs and maybe a shirt for Remy. On our way we bought some other stuff and then Thijs went for a shave at a local barber shop. Remy and I decided to go for some tea on the other side of the road. Just as we were about to order the boss and three friend picked up the entire shop and ran off. This was rather awkward, amazed and confused Remy and I were left there standing, without the desired tea.


In the evening we went to see a dance performance at the Mumbai festival. The dance was very impressive and located in a park with view of Mumbai over the bay by night. The festival was a long drive from our house, first by a rush hour train and then by rickshaw. The rickshaw driving style is very impressive. The roads are overcrowded as there are 18 million people living in a city just twice the size of Amsterdam. The drivers cope with this by speeding up and slowing down rapidly and using both sides of the road whenever possible. This makes using them a very interesting experience, luckily the rickshaws are rather cheap: an average trip will set you back about 15 rupees, which is about 30 eurocents. Now I hope to get me a gin-tonic. Bye!