Dispatches from Mumbai (Bombay), India
Arrived by Train on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 8:30am local time
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Sheryl was in the hospital, all is well now
Apologies for the silence. Sheryl was in the hospital here in Mumbai for four days with a severe stomach infection and dehydration that she picked up in Jaipur, we think. All is well now, she's been discharged, is steadily improving and is able to keep down solid food. We…
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Mumbai; In which Sheryl is a celebrity hospital patient (for better or worse); A billing and administration nightmare for me
Sheryl had been admitted to the hospital at midnight, and since then she'd been in the most awful pain and torment. She couldn't eat, drink or sleep. She was poked and prodded at all hours and suffered various insults to her privacy. The vomiting and diarrhoea continued for three days.…
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Mumbai; To Siddhivinayak Temple to say hello to Ganesh; In which Sheryl scares the hell out of me
We'd slept at our new friend Vineeta's place last night, and woke up hungover with no toothbrushes or clean clothes. It's been a while since either of us has had to remember the protocols for waking up in the house of someone you've only just met, but luckily Vineeta is…
Thursday, March 26th, 2009
Mumbai at last; Transit and couchsurfing madness; Introducing Vineeta (and Angel)
Our overnight train was, not unexpectedly, late arriving at Mumbai Central Station. We really hadn't wanted to stay at a hotel in expensive Mumbai, so we'd sent a bunch of requests to couchsurfing.com members. We hadn't had any positive response until the previous day on the train, when a man…
