In and Around Mumbai

Walking through MumbaiToday we are walking the city. I was expecting Mumbai and it’s traffic to be much more chaotic. Don’t get me wrong, crossing the street is still a bit scary but it’s no where as bad as in other big Asian cities like Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City.The architecture is simply gorgeous; British colonial, Victorian with touches of exotic.We check out the Maidan Oval, a long …

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Hello Mumbai and Elephanta Island

Hello Mumbai and Elephanta IslandĀ  Flight to MumbaiIndia- we’ve wanted to go for ages and now we are sitting in an Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR plane, awaiting departure in Toronto for our 15 hour direct flight to Mumbai.The flight is full and a screaming toddler is sitting a few rows back. If he doesnt sleep, this fifteen hour flight will seem like thirty.I’m tired. The last couple of weeks were …

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Panama City, Panama and Home

I slept through most of our Copa Airlines flight between Montevideo and Panama City. I was awake when we made an unscheduled stop in Cali, Columbia due to needing more fuel because of heavy headwinds. Then we finished our flight to Panama City arriving an hour late at 8:00am. We put our carry-on bags in luggage storage and hired a friendly cab driver to take us touring for the …

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Penis Fences and Uruguays National Plague- Montevideo

Our last day in Montevideo. We arrived atĀ  Independence Plaza for our 11am walking tour. We walked through many of the places we were at yesterday, but this time we got the history behind them. In the Plaza Zabala, the quaker parakeets were extra active and noisy while the guide was speaking. He then mentioned that they are Uruguay’s national plague because they eat the farmers’ crops. There is …

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