the most vivid imagery of Mumbai in my mind, will be of the young kids begging by the streets, waiting for us outside the hotel, pounding on our car windows.
the most irritating thing that happened to me was, my comfort food - dearest chocolate bar was stolen from my own hotel room!
the most charming thing was the interaction with our taxi driver, Popol. he's illiterate but he knows how to improve his life and plan for the future. he drives a good air-conditioned taxi (a Tata sedan - not very common in Mumbai), he owns another car which he lets his brother drive, he also owns a new model of Sony Ericsson 6-series cybershot. he picked up a good deal of English from his 12 years experience of driving. Most important of all, he sends his kids to school.
the cutest thing is Shahid Kapoor(above). his latest movie 'Jab we met' was just out in the box office and he was all over the place - posters, TV, papers... Bollywood rocks!
p/s. btw i did manage to get out of our hotel district. by cab, though, not rail. downtown Mumbai isn't too far actually. but traffic at peak hour can kill. glad i brought my preserved plums. the immigration at mumbai airport can kill too. do take heed when ppl tell you to reach the airport 4h before your flight. glad we did.
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