Now that I’m safe and sound in the home of my college friend, Avanti Maluste, I can take my time to recuperate and rest before resuming my journey in Hyderabad. I managed to finally hunker down and read; I managed to finish Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns and Barack Obama’s Dreams of my Father in one sitting while Avanti worked from home (and thus depriving me of a computer). Feels good to read again.

I said goodbye to Ryu in Udaipur and left for Mumbai via an overnight sleeper bus (a 16 hour ride):

This midnight rest stop nearly didn’t mind my being the only non-Indian among them

This was my 6′ x 2′ cell that I inhabited for 16 hours straight; water was dripping on me half the time:

The bus then dropped me off many many miles away in Bandra. A hornet’s nest of taxi drivers attempt to help:

Before long, I finally found a way my way to Avanti’s home. I had to exercise a lot of memory in directing 2 cab drivers where she lived on Malabar Hill.

While finally arriving at her apartment, she demanded for me to…”serve” it good:

Ahh, rest awaits me in what finally seems to be a real bed…

- At time of posting in Bombay, India, it was 80.6 °F -

Humidity: 94% | Wind Speed: 10km/hr | Cloud Cover: scattered clouds

Tags: animals, breakdancing, bus, bus from udaipur to mumbai, Dancing, from mumbai to udaipur, from udaipur to mumbai, India, jodhpur. udaipur, kids, lost, maharasta, mumbai, prayer, rajsathan, Sleeper Bus, taxi, temple, traveling in rajasthan, udaipur to mumbai

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 5:48 pm and is filed under India, Summer 2010: Southeast Asia & India. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.