Mumbai

Well after an uneventful trip from Trivandrum to Mumbai, we arrived at the Trident hotel with fluffy towels and bathrobes and ingratiating staff and it was Gordon's birthday! We had street food for lunch some semi wild guess at its contents but Chris had samosa with IT and I had cheese with IT -  it was served in a cone shaped foiled covered card and the outer layer was made from line printer paper AND a tea spoon provided by the vendor which has got to be suspect a s you give it back when finished and they dip it in water ready for the next user!!!! Anyway tasted good and no Mumbai melee afterwards.
The location was ideal as we could walk the next day to Gate of India, see the Taj Hotel  and the arty district.  We had no idea that when the taj was attacked so was the Trident - there is a memorial stone by the pool for the 30 dead staff and clients - will research that when I get back as apparently the taj took all the press attention at the time.
We had a walk along the promenade then ate at one of the restaurants and had our first glass of wine since away - very nice merlot/ Shiraz from the Sula vineyard!
Next day we had street food breakfast, this consisted of 3 slices of buttered bread sprinkled with sugar and toasted over a Bunsen burner, actually very nice! And only 18 rupees!
After a short nights sleep we left for the airport in some type of  Lada with a roof rack not big enough to take our baby's so they went on the roof and got tied down with a clothes line -  I did expect at least one case to be lost on the way as the roads are really rubbish and the driver decided to save the too on the good road and take us on and early trip through the slums,  the shock absorbers were also non existant so the bum and back took a bit of a hammering - still here ! but were we glad to get to the airport!!!
So up and away again !!!!! Little yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeee oh does that look too big!