Wednesday March 28th, 2007 by Brian
Adding time to Thailand meant taking away time in India so my plan is to move fast and just see the highlights – the kind of travel I normally shun but duty calls. I had ambitious plans for day 2 in Mumbai but I had to stay up late to call E-trade on the east coast. Long story short, they froze my funds because I logged in from SE Asian internet cafes and shipped me a security keyfob that I have to carry with me to sign in. Unfortunately I am broke and overdrawn because they keep canceling my transfers. I think we solved the issue last night but I didn’t get to bed until after …
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Thursday March 22nd, 2007 by Brian
The rest of my first day in India included some walking about (including a second trip to the train station to finish my rail tickets where two guys tried for 15 minutes to convince me with stories of hardship that I should buy them shoe shine boxes).
In the Fort area, the former Prince of Wales museum resides in an interesting domed building. Former because, in-line with changing British names back to their Indian predecessors (Mumbai instead of Bombay, etc), now it has a 37-syllable Indian name. The free audio guide was narrated very well and highlighted a number of pieces I would have otherwise skipped over. An ivory jewelry box may be the highlight of the …
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