Hectic is definitely the word to describe Mumbai- the central train station at peak hour was like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Apparently they fit 7000 people to every 1800 seater train… and I’d definitely believe that. It was also a place of massive contradictions, the filthy rich -with helipads on top of their apartments; and the poorest of the poor- children and babies sleeping on the street naked in pools of urine.
The begging was constant as was the rip-off scams and dispersed in the middle would be the kindest of strangers who would go out of their way to help…. It kept us on our feet guessing who was who! Amongst all this we did see some sights and the Ghandi museum and Elephant island were real standouts. As always, we booked the last minute transport which happened to be the lowest class sleeper train…no A/C, no windows, no doors just one big carriage packed with bunks and people finding a cosy spots on the floor with yesterdays newspaper to sleep on!!
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