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Day 3 - Bollywood failure and tickets scam

The day before Sylvia told us we could met someone in the morning to played in a movie in the famous Bollywood movie production.

We did met the guy but he ask us to come the next day so we couldn't, we woke up so bloddy early for nothing, I was a bit pissed off...

We had to take train tickets, and we couldn't get any.. all the sellers where telling us next bulling next bulling, what's the fuck???

Finally a nice guy proposed to help us to get the tickets, he said: oh sorry the trains are busy, you cannot take tickets but follow me I know a nice bus company if you want to leave tomorrow, ok how much? we negociate the price but it was still expensive, they were sleeping buses, yes yes! you could eventually sleep inside..

we took the tickets and Chris had a suspicion, did the train where really full or not?? coz the friendly guy seemed to have a good smile after the operation, so we decided to double check and we realised it was a business, redirecting all lost tourists to bus companies charging them a lot of money by telling them they have no other choice..

Then I was really pissed off so I went back there asking them my money back, the guy of course didn't want to give it back, another tourist was also taking a bus ticket a that time, I insisted and we had our money back!! so we ran to take a ticket from the normal office, 1h30 later we had our tickets, such a nightmare in this station... we took the train later on to Goa....

Day 2 - Lost In Bombay

We started to walk from our Hotel to see the central train station and book a ticket but we missed a road and start to be lost in some very poor areas, people were sleeping on the side while cars were running fast just 2m from it.

A little girl started to run after me, asking me for money, I've said no but she kept running behind me and suddendly stopped me with a smile. I gave her some money, it was 40 degree out there, people were looking at us strangely. we continued..

After realising we were lost in some kind of "bidons villes", we found our away through a market where all kind of stuff were sold from seeds on the ground to phone chargers..

We found the train station and went to a restaurant where we met a nice german girl travelling through India, her name was Sylvia. we went to a Indian pub to listen some music, everyone was looking at us, european people are really in small number everywhere... we left the bar, the DJ was so crap, incredible india haha ;)

Day 1 - Landing in Bombay

After a big ride through Bombay with our new Friend Idris the Taxi Driver, we found a cool room not far from the sea side and the Door of India

We were sweating because it was terribly humid, the Aircon was the messiah..

First food in India: Mc Donalds in one of the few in India, perhaps one or two only in the whole country..

You realise quickly that the Merchants wants your money and they want it badly!! if you look or just ask questions about their stuff, they don't let you go, it's annoying if you're not prepare to insist firmly.