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So i will try to keep this short but i have to many impressions in my head and i want to write them all down! When i first arrived in Mumbai i was pretty overwhelmed by uhm... well everything!  (See "Mumbai Part 1")   When you fly in by Plane you fly right above one of the biggest slums in Mumbai. My first thought was "awesome! thats where i wanna go!" I want to confront my to wealthy-know-it-all-oh-im-so-liberal ass with "the real world". Because as a matter of fact, most of you people reading my blog are from western countries where water runs clean and everywhere and the pleasure of wifi is a public one. Well guess what.  Pretty fast i found myself being the stupid one standing like a donkey in the middle of the road with (literally) thousands of people crossing my way staring at me. Why? because i am the alien in this country. view from the window of my hotel, kids on the roof flying their kites one of the market road...

When my travel Agent Lisa asked me if i would be interested in any guided tours in Mumbai i told her that i didn't really want to be one of 10 people walking behind un umbrella guy and taking pictures of people constantly asking for when we would take a lunch break. She then asked me what i would want to do and see in Mumbai and i said, well i would want to go to Dharavi and see the slums and also i would want to see the huge piles of Garbage where people actually live. She told me about a tour by  REALITY GIVES   through the Dharavi Slums for maximum 5 People and very detailed information on how to behave during the tour with a strict no picture policy. i immediately booked it. After finding my group at Churchgate Station and having to wait a little for our guide we took the train right to where the slums started. Our Guide Bipin and Antony where charming and made sure we had a potty break just before, As we walked over the bridge and gathered for a quick u...

this is the year! I was wanting to travel to INDIA ever since i was patchouli smelling 13 years old! (I still wear patchouli) and 4 days ago i got in the plane and did it! MUMBAI here i am! On my first day you didn't really go easy on me but i guess its the indian way to tell me "Im rough but you will like it!" So first of all. It is IMPOSSIBLE to describe to you all how MUMBAI is. Its incredible. Forget everything you think to know about dirty cities. This is something else. And it really was a BIG problem to me the first few hours. I think the cooler you are the faster the dirt wont be a problem for you anymore and since i am VERY cool it only took me day to get used to it ;) Well guess what Europe is not the only place on earth and i am FINALLY were i want to be to see a different way of living! (Malabar Park with cute sleeping doggy! Note to self DO NOT pet the cute street dogs! they will bite you or never ever leave you alone again!) (Malabar H...