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Family road trip begins

We had a bad night sleep because the air-con stopped working through the night.  It was very clammy.  After a breakfast of vada, toast, cornflakes and coffee/tea we checked out.  Kim mentioned the broken air-con to the receptionist and she just ignored him and walked off. We set off from Delhi at 0920 in the […]

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Flying north

Today we fly from Mumbai to Delhi.  I had set the alarm for 0645 but with the clock on Malaysian time it rang at 0415.  But I didn’t realise that until I had showered.  So, I was nice and clean when I crept back into bed for a rest. Text continues after this gallery.   […]

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Elephanta Caves

Elephanta Caves Today we wanted to visit Elephanta Caves, a collection of historic temples housed in caves on an island in the harbour.  We were a little tired so got going a little late, after a simple breakfast of toast in the room. We reached the Gateway of India around 0920 and bought a ticket […]

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Exploring colonial Mumbai

Breakfast was included at Hotel Bentleys and it was delivered upon request by phone when we were ready.  It was a simple affair with just toast, butter, marmalade and tea. We walked along the harbour to the Gateway of India.  Touts pestered us but we ignored them.  We did a walking tour of the area […]

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