shadows, lower parel


teary, wadala

onward and reverse

nice doors


effective tagline


you truly didn't know what was around the corner.


totally spellbound we were.


fishermen or trapeze artists


scary youngish old man, more from the same trip here


on my way back i my last sunset and the snakey river were spectacular over chiplun.

strange trip this was.

kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi

next day we stop at guhagar and head straight for the beach. curious young local boys follow us there. we show off our bikes and they impress us with their human pyramids. we teach them ultimate, they teach us kabaddi. fun fun fun.

christmas day

the plan was to saunter down the coast and reach goa by the new year. unfortunately day one began with us realising that half of mumbai [willing to risk offending christ] had decided to also leave mumbai on christmas day. they were all headed to alibaug [poor alibaug], the traffic was absurd, the worst we've seen in a long time.

we finally reached mangaon at 7pm and decide to try to reach our beloved harnai. however after sunset, the wind gets bitterly cold really quick and everywhere we stop for accommodation seems to be full up. we get nothing right till dapoli, where a local there makes some place in his sweet small home for us to spend the night. dead tired and shit cold, we sleep quickly.




next morning, we feel our fingers again as they hold onto the hot chai glasses. eager to forget last night, we head south quickly...

chennai ultimate tournament

sunrise on elliot's beach


lovely typeface on old tourism poster


finally a rickshaw driver that has his priorities straight!

street view, srinagar

we got off our pretty houseboat and decided to roam the streets on our last day there.
we saw the pretty gothic jamia masjid...



the barbed wire outside jamia masjid, another of the terrorism here. the army were pretty much constant in srinagar and on our way from srinagar to jammu we would see them crouching in trees, strolling in fields at every 5km. it was both a little unnerving and exciting.

hazratbal shrine





mahdi & sons; our houseboat owner told us to go here to get reasonable papier marche. really nice building!



overall lots to see but still our favourite part of srinagar was our houseboat in nagin lake. our final bill at our houseboat was lower than expected, happily surprised we were. please stay at this houseboat if you every go to srinagar. ta!