Incredible India

Woah, the ad on the side of the M5 bus was right, India is truly incredible.

Last night was rough due to some serious jet lag. I only got about two hours of sleep, but it was a good excuse for me to read a book, and look out the view of our hotel room. We are staying in a room with a view of the ocean and a view of the Haji Ali Mosque, which is situated in the middle of the ocean and is only accessible by a walk way that magically appears when the tide goes down.

We are breakfast at my friend's club in the middle of Bombay, which is absolutely beautiful. It is like Woodfield, but with a lot of history to it. Then we were dropped off in the middle of South Bombay, where we were instantly greeted by a begging child who was probably three to four years old. I felt bad ignoring her, but knew that I had to. She followed us all the way to an art gallery, which was full of all sorts of modern art done by local Indian Artists. From there we walked to the Gateway to India, which is a beautiful structure on the water. Across the street, we got to see the Taj Hotel, which was also gorgeous. It was attacked in the 26-11 attacks here last year. After that we went to see the Chabad House, which was also attacked. It has moved to a temporary location, so I couldn't go in and lay tefillin, but I did say a kadish in my head. Then we went out for lunch and shopping. One of the stores we went to was called Fabindia, which was this brilliant combination of an indian version of bloomingdales and pier one imports. We went to walk along the water until it started to pour and hailed a cab.

Now my friend and her awesome family are hosting me for dinner. It smells so good in their house!! We are going to go to a Hindu Temple tonight

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