Mumbye

Hello All,

After 5 weeks of residing in the Hindu colony of Dadar and playing baby doctors we bid farewell to Mumbai and headed to Dehli. A place which seems to strike fear in to the hearts of westerners perhaps due to its link with the dreaded Dehli belly (only a couple of epsiodes of that but thats a story perhaps not suitable for this blog. maybe a bog blog??).

Our departure was very well timed and almost delayed due to persistant mon'Not so'soon (which has finally arrived 4 weeks later than expected) which saw us housebound on saturday and unable to do any last minute sight seeing, posting or shopping. Luckily Dehli provided some much needed shopping relief and I fear that Emma may come down with a severe case of Dehli Shoppy upon our return.

Floods in Dadar:

After arriving in Dehli, yesterday, we had a quick explore and were very pleasanty suprised as it seems less hectic than Mumbai with actual open spaces and grass which you can sit on. It is also much quieter as it lacks the persistent horn honk which characterises daily Mumbai life.

Red Fort in Dehli:

However, despite the almost relaxing atmosphere of Dehli we have fled for a week in much less sedate places for some more horn honking madness and sightseeing. Our current stop is Varanasi.

Varanasi is one of the holiest places in India thus it is utterly chaotic. More on that soon.