Bombay Dreams and Bollywood Movies

We ended up doing a lot of sleeping in Dubai..but did get our camera which was good...and also did a desert safari! It was really good...they took us in Landcruisers across the desert...a bit hairy at times, but a good experience.

We've been staying in a bit of a dump of a hotel in Mumbai, which meant got hardly any sleep the first night..however, afater a tiring day yesterday managed to sleep right through to midday today, so not bad in the end. We've just booked a sleeper bus to Goa which leaves at 8pm tonight and takes about 12 hours, but it's got beds in it so hoping it will be fine if we can sleep through.

Mumbai (Bombay) is pretty crowded and dirty. We stayed in Colaba which is where a lot of the travellers go and there was a lot of poverty. Kids on the streets and quite a lot of beggars and people sleeping on the streets. The roads are chaos...one taxi driver joked to me if you can drive here you can drive anywhere in the world. There's no markings or rules it seems...can't count the number of cars we almost 'hit' but they must all be experts at it as I haven't seen a crash yet..which is amazing! An example below...doesn't quite do it justice.
















The first night we got here we got asked to be extras for a Bollywood movie being filmed in a top nightclub the next day. So we got picked up and taken to the place...and it was then a really long day 9am - 10pm so was hard work...we got paid 500rupees each which is about 8 quid. But, it was a good experience and we got to meet a few other travellers and some of the indian guys on the set. Vanessa soon became the supporting actress as she got throust into pretty much every scene behind the two main girls! Check it out below...















Our last day in Mumbai was very pleasant though, as we walked around the city...stopped off in an art gallery and sat on the oval maidan and watched lots of locals play lots of cricket!