On the road
Posted in India, Travel on 10/29/2009 03:08 pm by James
The brands of lightweight travel: Timberland, Nokia, Salomon, Canon, Apple, P20, PADI, the UK government and Niall Ferguson.
Our first stop is Mumbai, as a weekend’s decompression – and this time’s departure from India. We’re staying right down on Juhu Beach, and of an early morning, it’s a bustling walkway, sports pitch, harbour, religious site, and fish warehouse… all at the same time.
The main trade seems to be pole-supported nets, dragged in by the fishermen. The contents are mostly eel, but that’s wastage, and they all end up rejected on the sand, and a feast for the thousands of gulls.
Amongst the remaining rubbish and ceremonial detritus, the keepers end up being squid, lobsters, and only the largest of the white fish:
All of this, of course, adds to that unique aroma which can only be one of the world’s largest cities, Mumbai, on a muggy tropical morning.
So, farewell Maharashtra for a while!
