The old colony

Anyway, Mumbai is positively space age compared to most of Rajasthan. I've seen shops with glass fronts, a dog that's actually owned by someone, cars that look like they might pass an MOT, and I even experienced a hot shower. Crazy. There's certainly a strong colonial feel to it, with Victorian architecture all over the place, albeit in a slightly delapidated state. I was told I MUST see Victoria Terminus, the main train station (with 2.5 million people a day going through it), but frankly it looked like St Pancras after a battering with cannons and assorted light weapons.

So I'm joining up with an overland truck tour here that takes me round to Chennai over the course of the next 3 weeks. I'm about ready for someone else to take responsibility for travel and accommodation arrangements, and early signs are that it's a good group, although the truck is not in the greatest of health. It's a 25-year-old Mercedes that has done a few too many Miles and on the last leg from Delhi to Mumbai the transmission and one of the springs gave up. So the drivers are having a spare part flown in from England and limping the truck down to Goa to fit it while we all have to take the train. Great! Just when I thought I'd seen the last of Indian public transport. Ah well...

written by  phileasdogg on September 30, 2008 from Mumbai, India
from the travel blog: Planes, Trains & Taxiwallahs
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