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| After arriving in Mumbai and waiting forever for our luggage (an Indian specialty) we hooked up with a auto-rickshaw (tuktuk) and set out towards Colaba for some much needed sleep. Fortunately, we had a hotel to stay at and weren`t forced to sleep on the street or on the trunk of our rickshaw (as the rest of the population seemed to be doing).
Fortunately, we had quite the entertaining ride from the airport to Colaba, for we were quick to notice that there really is no road rules in Mumbai (and later to be found out in all of India). A truck, 2 rickshaws and a motorbike side by side in a two-lane road? No problem! Hey, I got an idea, lets spice it up with people crossing the street too! Traffic lights? Only if you wanna!!
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| Originally Written/Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
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| Posted on: 2007-12-06 |
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| This one is the brains of the operation
BF4Ever!
In India, it is common place to walk around holding your friends` hands. Not sure if I`ll ever get used to it. |
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| Day 3: Hangin` at the Garden
With a bus in the evening, we checked out our final destinations: Gandhi`s museum and the Hanging Gardens. Nothing
Me lighting off Bin Laden
911 times a thousandterribly exciting to report.
Next stop: Aurangabad, where the nearby Ellora and Ajanta cave temples await. With Elephanta behind us, this was to begin the 4 straight days of cave-templing.
Arneesh Schwarzeneggerli
Look how cool that dude is walking away from an explosion
Om Shanti Om!
All the hot girls put your hands up and sing, "OM Shanti Om!"
Laughter Yoga
"Hello? Can you come pick me up!?!? HAHAHHAHAH"
Mumbai Harbour
Now why oh why can I not see farther than a kilometer on a perfectly sunny day?
Tendin` to the Boats
Waterproofin`
Dirty Sex Monkey
No doubt thinking of various monkey sexual positions
Caught in the act
Judging by the chicks face, it must feel great!
Stupid Woman
If you`ll allow me:
"Ma`am. Hi there, umm, I`m not sure if you are aware, but these are dirty sex monkeys. There are some rules to abide by: A) Do not feed the dirty sex monkeys, B) Do not hold o... [more]
Checkin out the sculptures
Ssshhhhhhh
There be Shiva`s around....
We`re Guards
Guards...we`re guards...guards...
Gateway to India
and the Taj Mahal Palace and Hotel
Crazy Chowpatty
The craziness that is Chowpatty
Man-powered Ferris Wheel
That blur to the left is a guy swinging to bring the ferris wheel around
Aaawww shucks
You caught me at the Gardens!!
Crows
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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For the evening we hit up Chowpatty beach which is basically a massive fair on the beach. It was a good way to wrap up the evening.
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| Penner and I then took off to Elephanta Island, took some pictures of statutes and learned a very important message. Monkeys, in all shapes and forms, are evil. Pure evil. Especially those with bright red faces that have sex with each other nonstop. And I`m not talking mating sex, I`m talking dirty german porn sex. Like nipple suckin, doggy-stylin, slap me around sex. Probably the grossest thing I`ve ever seen. Penner even has footage of a certain act that almost made him vomit.
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| On my way
Baby Diwali!
Even kids took part in lighting things on fireback to the hotel i was attacked by a `priest` who Diwali`d me for 30 rupees. Against my better judgement I hate sugar balls from his hand, had a red mark put on my forehead, and a rope tied around my arm. I guess I didn`t pay enough for the high quality dye, as for the next week, my wrist was yellow.
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| Day 2:
At about 7am the next morn I wake up early, without Penner, to go check out this kind of Yoga I had heard about: Laughter Yoga. A bunch of elderly Indians gathered around the Gateway and proceeded to laugh. It goes something like this: Haha`s would involve putting your hands in the air, and Hoho`s involved slapping your knees. The teacher even included pointings ("why you little...") and funny dialogue complete with hand actions ("Hello? Yes, I`d like you to come pick me up" as they hold their hand to their head as a phone). This, apparently, was the funniest thing you could do.
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| Boy saves girl.
Dance sequence.
Boy is hiding when he hears girl say she
Cricket in the Maidens
In front of the High Court and Clocktoweris pregnant to her evil producer boyfriend. We know this because she says, "I`m pregnant".
Evil producer attempts to kill girl. Is successful, but also kills boy.
Boy is reborn in 2000`s as megastar.
Dance sequence complete with ripped abs, and water shots.
Boy comes across evil producer again and has flashbacks.
Dance sequence with every Bollywood star ever.
Boy hatches plan to drive evil producer mad with girl lookalike.
Producer finds out about lookalike.
Ghost of real girl kills producer.
Dance sequence.
Best movie ever.
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| Comments Posted By : Soumya Singhi |
| Posted on : 2007-12-06 |
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| DAY 1 - Diwali Nights
Awakening at around 2pm we quickly realized our original plan of visiting Elephanta island was shot, so we figured we`d take our bible (lonely planet) and see the sights of Colaba, Churchgate, and Fort (all Southern Mumbai). While polluted as hell, Mumbai does have quite a few nice sights being the Victoria Terminus Building, High Courts, Clocktower,
Victoria Terminus
Probably one of the coolest looking bus stations I`ve ever seen.and the Maidens where all the kids around the city come to play some cricket. I even witnessed a fight breakout after which the kids took their wickets and bat and left.
In the evening, however, there seemed to be something strange going on. Either bombs and gunfire were going off in all directions or all cars seemed to have a backfiring problem. While not necessarily worried, it was unnerving until we were told that it`s November 9!! IT`S THE LAST DAY OF DIWALI (aka Hindu New Year)!!!!! And how better to celebrate the lighting fireworks off in the middle of the street in front of, behind, or even under traffic!
Day 1a: Om Shanti Om
After letting off fireworks for quite some time, including a Bin Laden (Big Bang!) it was showtime... Being a huge fan of Bollywood, normally at 9am Saturday morning when I`m hungover as hell, we decided to catch a flick. We chose Om Shanti Om completely in Hindi, which at 3 hours (complete with `interval`) goes something like this:
Boy worships movie star girl in the `70s.
Dance sequence.
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