Two Dads are Better than None

After a long flight there and back we made it home. Greg was there for three weeks and enjoyed being spoiled in the hotel and working the night shift. Very much a country of ironic and colorful proportion, India was a place I always wanted to visit during my stint in Asia, but never made it to. You see quite a bit of poverty and so much growth, the city is literally sprouting out in smog and shanty towns. I only got one week there and felt guilty retiring into my nice western digs when I saw the common folks.

The average US buck is about $1500 per year here in Mumbai (but everyone still uses the term Bombay a lot). If you work in one of the ever growing BPOs in the north, you are likely young, educated and paid around 5K a year. With 18 million people, there was so much to see, we only saw a bit.

The food was excellent, although we paid US prices and then some at the hotel. Luckily, we did not get sick, but we were particular about WHERE we ate rather than what we ate. Outside the compounds of the hotel wall, things are cheap. For about $10 you can take a car with AC across town. For $5 you get in a small colorful Tutu taxi. For $3 you can take an auto-rickshaw. Spend a week here and you will LOVE your commute.

We did a bit of shopping and picked up a few souvenirs, mostly Hindu Gods. I don't think I would have gone were it not for the ability to stay in a nice place. You really see your life in a different perspective after spending time there.

Enjoy the pics

Bombay