Bye bye, Mumbai

Talking to children, smiling at women, ignoring the men - that's the main rule learned in Mumbai. Also that fruits from the street vendors and ice cubes in juice should be highly avoided. Enough rules, let's talk about Mumbai. So it's my last day in this city, and after 4 days here I can say that I could probably even live here. Still way too noisy for me, and the marine drive walk stink too much, but in overall pretty nice city (especially south of it). Yesterday was another day of walking - Crawford market full of food and clothes, Jehangir art gallery (with the strangest baby ganesha paintings, which are actually babies with elephant trunks..), quick snack and beer at one of the most iconic cafes in Mumbai - Cafe Mondegar, and Gateway of India Mumbai for sunset. Today I met two great guys, Federico and Mukut, went to Dhobi Ghat, so called open air laundromat, visited veeeery popular Leopold cafe, and popped in to see what do they have in one of the vintage (or ex thief) markets in Mumbai. The impressing number - Mumbai population is around 5 times bigger than whole Lithuania's, it's the 9th biggest city in the world.. And yes, it has it all - lots of beggars, dirt, surprises, expensive shops, cheap eateries, night clubs, all diversity you could imagine.. Probably will be enough of Mumbai for now, Delhi belly - I'm coming to see (and avoid) you tomorrow!Read more