We've come to experience poverty in quite a few different places now. Each time I come across it again it's in a different context a different light. I knew India was a desparately poor country, part of the appeal and worry of coming here was just that. So I felt prepared, in as much as you could be prepared, of course its never quite how you imagine.

We'd heard actual horror stories form other travelers about their times in India. Not exactly painting it in the best light. Thank goodness they were all full of hot air. I'd prepared myself for the absolute worse and it is nothing near as bad as all that.

Mumbai, our first port of call, was slightly dissapointing but purely in a tourist way. We found getting around to the 'places of interest' quite hard. Probabaly got a lot to do with the fact that we booked a hotel miles away form anything whatsoever of interest. After our rally style taxi ride to the hotel, we realised this fact and decided a simple train ride would be absolutely fine and dandy. It was neither fine nor dandy. Mumbai trains are so scary. We nearly didn't get as far as buying a ticket as we both whimped out and hadn't eaten anything that morning so were feeling less than adventurous. Luckily I spotted an office with man sat at a desk doing nothing and decided that he would help me. He did and after less trouble than intially expected we got the tic…

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