This is our last memory of Hotel Mamamas in Mumbai.  This is the standard of toilet in the hotel lobby – no number two’s then!  I can’t see Sam hovering, can you?  Thankfully, our room had a standard bowl. In saying that, I did have a painful experience on our room toilet which I won’t go into – all I’ll say is – it still hurts :-(.  Such facilities will become commonplace as we travel further afield, I guess.

We though it was funny, and to pass the time, we though we’d share it with you :-)

Sorry everybody, absolutely nothing to report at this present time.  We’ve been in Mumbai for three days and we’ve done jack shit. We were really looking forward to visiting Elephant Island yesterday but, due to the severe rain and wind, the ferry was closed.

We decided to cut our time here short and head straight for Delhi and hope the weather is better. We have our sleeper train booked and leave today at 17:40 for the 17 hour trip. It might sound a mad journey to you guys back home, but we are really looking forward to it – hopefully, we will get our first decent nights sleep. We need to get out of here and explore a bit more.

Sorry for the lack of pictures, the camera would get ruined if we took it out.  We have taken a few shots in between the downpours, but this is rare. My work colleague Richi, who’s dad was born in Mumbai, emailed and asked if we could send him some pictures – sorry dude, we have none bar the few detailed below.

Ironically, the day we are leaving, the weather has picked up somewhat.  I’m sitting in the hotel lounge at 9am looking out at a bright clear day – Sam is still in bed!  We think Mumbai would be a great place to visit out of the monsoon.  The people are friendly and helpful and at no point have we ever felt unsafe – lets hope Delhi is similar.

We have found a place of solace in Mondy’s Bar in the centre of Colaba. This is the meeting place for backpackers. Last night we had a couple of pitchers of beer and chanted to several people.  Most are also getting out of town. Our accommodation in Delhi has an internet connection, so daily posts should resume.