That annual Delaware pilgrimage is for sissies.. Real shoppers kick it old school in downtown Mumbai. Maybe I should have realized there would be some issues when after the driver trying to communicate how everything was very safe the first person who approached the car trying to sell us fruit the driver yells "Lock the doors". It wasn't unsimilar to going to New Hope or South Street except all the merchants were on the street and very aggressive. Speaking of aggressive the beggers would follow you for blocks pulling on your hands and clothes, funny at times, scarry at others, and always annoying. It's usually kids that have been trained to do it.. some of them real young (maybe 2) Not a pretty site.. Didn't really get any good pictures though.. I did come real close to buying Brian a nice Demi bra with some lace and fake jewels.. I had the guy talked down to 40 Rupees (about 90 cents) but they didn't have his size (maybe next time). We are heading to The Gateway of India today it's about 45 minutes south then another 45 minutes on a boat. Supposed to have wild monkees. A big tourist spot so we'll see.. I do have a couple of photos to post: Sorry about the quality of the shots but all but one were taken from the car at high speed and I don't dare put the window down:
We should all be embarrassesed about shot 1.. They build scafolds here out of nothing but bambo and rope and they through them up in minutes.. Flanders is still working on the design of the one on the side of Bubba's house and that was 25 years ago.
Shot 2 is hard to make out but it's my favorite thing I've seen so far.. Driving around here is just nuts. It honestly reminds me of us driving the go carts in Deep Creek. No lanes, No rules. Well this one is of a motorcycle with 2 people and a dog on it.. Just killed me.. I did see a whole family, 2 adults and 2 kids riding on one but couldn't get the shot.
Shot 3 is why you should never use public restrooms.. This is the bathroom in the office building I'm in.. One side has the toilet and about a foot of space then this, Needless to say, I'm HOLDING IT..
Shot 4 is a driveby of the slums.. You really need a wide angle and some ground level shots to do it justice.. The crazy part is I was talking to our contact here and he says alot of the people there aren't even poor.. They just live there because it's all free (they steal water and electricity from the city, he tells me some of them even have flat screen TV's in them and there is no crime in them).. Sis you should start working on a house for Mumbai 2011.. Heck we can just send Bubba over to build our on.. We could have he nicest shanty on the block.
We should all be embarrassesed about shot 1.. They build scafolds here out of nothing but bambo and rope and they through them up in minutes.. Flanders is still working on the design of the one on the side of Bubba's house and that was 25 years ago.
Shot 2 is hard to make out but it's my favorite thing I've seen so far.. Driving around here is just nuts. It honestly reminds me of us driving the go carts in Deep Creek. No lanes, No rules. Well this one is of a motorcycle with 2 people and a dog on it.. Just killed me.. I did see a whole family, 2 adults and 2 kids riding on one but couldn't get the shot.
Shot 3 is why you should never use public restrooms.. This is the bathroom in the office building I'm in.. One side has the toilet and about a foot of space then this, Needless to say, I'm HOLDING IT..
Shot 4 is a driveby of the slums.. You really need a wide angle and some ground level shots to do it justice.. The crazy part is I was talking to our contact here and he says alot of the people there aren't even poor.. They just live there because it's all free (they steal water and electricity from the city, he tells me some of them even have flat screen TV's in them and there is no crime in them).. Sis you should start working on a house for Mumbai 2011.. Heck we can just send Bubba over to build our on.. We could have he nicest shanty on the block.
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ReplyDeletekeep holding it, you can sweat it out
I'm up to a solid b cup and I like black
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I did enjoy the picture of the dog on the motorcycle. I think now with your experience the shopping trip to Delaware is going to have to be the girls and Bernie, you can show us how to work some really good deals. On the down side of the trip now hopefully Saturday will be here before you know it. Don't work to hard and be safe.
ReplyDeleteI think we're going to need Flanders to explain the bathroom technology. No wonder the use the beach! Could that be an Indian bidet?
ReplyDeletePhil, that is exactly what it is.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you are taking in the Indian architecture even if it is bamboo.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure the dog wasn't driving the locals?
You're in the homestretch now, and we'll all be glad when you're home :)
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