Monday, December 10, 2007

Do you smell that?




When most people describe India the word shocking is used. And that is the best way to describe it. We were so shocked, in fact, that we forgot to take any pictures of all the craziness in Mumbai. I found that I was not only visually overloaded but my nose could not process all the different smells. As we rode to our hotel by taxi the smells changed from sewage, to incense, to fresh food, to the sweat from our driver, Our own B.O., to exhaust, back to sewage, more sweat, cheep cologne, and more exhaust. We were shocked at the number of people sleeping in the street. Not the cliche 'sleeping in the street.' The city is so crowded that people are actually sleeping on the center islands and between parked cars.
You may have noticed that I have been growing a moustache I believe it has come in handy in India. The moustache says don't mess with me or my wife and don't rip me off. At least I think it does?
Jessica summed up the rest of our experience thus far...

1 comment:

Unknown said...

great pictures . . . but I was hoping to see less cows and more humans- mumbai is the most populated city in the world- yes?