Amin, our tour guide and former bedkit recipient, took us on a whirlwind tour of Mumbai. We visited the house where Ghandi lived, a market which included fruits, vegetables, birds and kitchen gadgets. We had a vegetarian lunch, went to the Victoria Train Station, a cloth market, a large open area where laundry is done, stopped at a camera shop and a shop that sold pashminas.
Walking through these places and crossing the busy streets was incredibly exciting. The train station was so noisy one couldn't hear the trains because of people talking and yet in the middle of all of this confusion, two women sat on the floor facing each other chatting! The people who work in the markets selling, live and sleep right there. We spotted a man sleeping in one of his large baskets. The vegetarian restaurant where we ate lunch employs 180 people. They have many staffrooms where 20 or more of the workers sleep each night. These workers send their earnings back home to their villages. The streets are crammed 4 cars wide then further stuffed with motorized rickshaws. We lost Sue at one point as we were crossing a street because she hesitated for a split second about stepping forward into traffic. She yelled to get our attention but couldn't be heard over the sound of the horns. Amin nicknamed himself "Coffee With Milk" because at each crossing he'd grab Lorna's hand to get her across with our pack.
Tomorrow we're flying to Belgaum.
Pam Horricks for Team Belgaum 2015
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