The Life And Times Of Kimberly

We have had a few days to explore Mombai, also known as Bombay and it has been a bit of a change from other cities in India.

The biggest change I see here is in those people about my age. The girls for the most part wear western clothes or a mix of western and indian. They hang out with their friends in coffee shops and cafes and at times speak english. It is interesting to see the contrast between the different parts of India.

While here in Mumbai there is the festival for Ganesh going on. Within most neighborhoods you see tents set up with a Ganesh statue. Ganesh is our favorite so it has been fun to see all the statues. On tv they are broadcasting the main statue, which is huge, where people go and touch the right foot and offer up a sort of wish for the coming year. We were told by a guy on the train coming here that people wait for 8-10 hours just to touch the foot of this statue.

We met two girls from New York in Agra who told us to try and see “Singh is King” while here in Mombai. We had planned on seeing a Bollywood film so it was nice to get a suggestion of a good one. We ended up getting lucky and finding a theater that was showing it on our first day. Although the movie was in Hindi, we were able to follow along with the story line. Sean met a man at the concession stand during intermission who clarified a few things for us which helped tie a few confusing stories together. The dancing and music was the best part. We are interested to see the movie when we get home with subtitles to see some of the aspects to the story that we missed. We had a great time.

Tonight we are headed north to Rajasthan which is suppose to be one of the most beautiful districts in India.

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