Hi everyone,
Today after being woken up at 5am, Avantika and I checked out of the hotel and flew back to Bombay. Allow me to clarify a few things about domestic flights in India. You can show up about 20 minutes before your flight. We showed up 90 minutes before departure time and we weren't even able to check in yet. (The old Jaipur airport is a single gate and has 5 flights a day.) After checking in, we had to wait another 20 minutes before the security opened. Needless to say, the security wasn't up to American standards. Things in India just kinda happen. It isn't always simple or on time, but they happen. Like our luggage came out 30 minutes late and mixed in with a different flight. Didn't make sense, late, but hey, it happened.
On arrival here in Bombay, my friends mom met us and we came back to her apartment. After this, we went to their club for lunch and to meet the Aunts. Indian families are very large and very close. After this we took a nap and went to North Bombay to meet a friend of my friend at a cafe that specialized in brownies. I ordered a cookie brownie and a cappucinno, This was a weight watchers fail. North Bombay is different from South Bombay as it is more middle class and more residential. Most of the slums can be found in North Bombay. (The best view of the slums is flying in to the airport). They are basically massively large shanty towns.
Anyway, after this we went to say goodbye to Avantika's friend who is off to Europe for school. Tonight I am staying with my friend and we are going to Poona (Pune) tomorrow for the day to visit her grandmother and to see the museums there. Considering I have seen most of Bombay, the rest of my time here will be spent seeing people and doing some last minute souvenir shopping.
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