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This was my first exposure to India. Sure, I'd flown into the airport, but we
had Mugdha's parents waiting for us there, and they'd had a driver waiting to
take us to the hotel. It was dark when we arrived, so we really couldn't see
anything until early the next day. So this was the first time seeing Mumbai, and indeed, India. It was hot and humid, loud, strange, with pretty much NOTHING familiar. Sights, sounds, smells, were all VERY different than anything I'd experienced. Sure, I've seen smog and traffic before, but it was still very different. |
 View from my hotel rm |
 View from my hotel rm |
 City street |
 City Street |
 Stained Glass |
 City Street |
 Grades of rice |
 Grades of rice |
 Open air market |
 Sidewalk flower vendor |
 Medical Clinic |
 Purpose changes with heavy traffic |
 Even run-down bldg has beauty |
 SERIOUS smog (see bldgs across bay) |
 Coconut palm |
 SERIOUS smog |
 Mumbai mayor's house |
 Mumbai mayor's house |
 Cricket game |
 Revolutionary war bldg |
 Revolutionary war bldg |
 Unknown gate |
 Unknown gate |
 Unknown gate |
 Unknown gate |
 Unknown gate |
 Run-down bldg was pretty once |