25 May - Traveling
to India to Mumbai
Flew to Amsterdam from Detroit. Service was good and food was tasty. We would meet Bhaiya at Amsterdam, as he was
coming from Columbus. The airport was nice, as usual so many gift shops.
Boarded the plane from India and arrived in Mumbai at 12
am. Took a taxi to YMCA. For some reason
we decided not to take the AC room – bad idea! We were not used the summer in
India yet. Also there were common bathrooms. Next time a better hotel would be
a good choice.
27-28 May - Mumbai
The next day Papa and Bhaiya went to the railway station
to get the Indrail pass. I stayed back at YMCA.
Breakfast was good as well as the service. Donated three suitcases of
old clothes to the staff. Read the newspaper, watched the multitude of Hindi
channels (so different from USA) till Papa came back without tickets. They
needed some papers so then we all went to Thomas Cook to get tickets. Service
sector in India is generally bad and it takes a lot of time to get anything
done in time. We really wanted to get
the Indrail pass since we can get tourist quota and priority in making
reservations even it is one day before.
Well, finally with tickets in hand, we checked out of
YMCA and went to the train station to catch the Kanyakumari express to
Coimbatore. In the train Papa and Bhaiya made all the detailed plans
for the next month. It’s good they are working together – so I don’t have to!
Train food was good except for the little hotness.
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