Mumbai

Wow, here I am in Mumbai, the previous Bombay. And yes, it is chaos. And it is fun. Just take a ride in a taxi and it allseems to wor k perfect, like a school of fish. Everyone is moving in an incredible speed but nobody hits each other. Fantastic. Well, mind the holy cows on the road - they have right of way - all the time.  The drive from the airport takes you along the slum where ‘slumdog millionaire’ was set:  Dharavi - well today there was no millionaire I suppose, and not one tomorrow either I guess. Or, wait a second. There is a tour company in Mumbai offering slum tours for R5500 (= AS $110) for a group of 4. In a city where millions of people live of less than one dollar a day the price is outrageous – or simply another way to become a real slumdog millionaire?
Mumbai, a city of 17 million people is buzzing. Forgotten are the recent terror attacks and the city is good stop over between India’s Golden Triangle in the North and Goa and Kerela further South.
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