01/03/10 28/02/10
As a final journey, the night of 27 we took an overnight train that left us in the great Mumbai in 8h.
Bad luck we arrived in Mumbai at 5:30 in the morning, we had a reservation at the Oasis Hotel would be effective at 10 am, trying to find an alternative, because despite having slept on the train, we could not stay on the street for 5h. With a friendly taxi driver toured several hotels, with no luck as all were full.
Find room at the Welcome Hotel After traveling nearly all who were near Victoria station that appeared in Lonely Planet, but that if we could dispose of it after 10, we discussed a lot with the receptionist and the room was empty, but there was no way the laws are that you can not have the room until that time in Mumbai.
At 6 am in Mumbai alone there are those who share the newspapers, taxi drivers sleeping on sidewalks, rats and cats, and semi-deserted streets, I with all the courage I took a walk to the Residency Hotel where we had not lucky and the receptionist was closed, I found him sleeping and after banging on the glass door, woke up and told me they were full but I knew a small hotel with 8 rooms was great, called to see if they had room, and I gave a card to contact me, at that time wanted at all costs a great room. I walked into the Capital, which is at the rear entrance of what was once a cinema, the Capitol, which is directly opposite the main entrance to Victoria Station. The hotel room had everything Residency, soaps ...., the bed was as comfortable for all that if 2000INR India in 3200 called Welcome. I went back to look Cathrin Welcome and what my surprise when the receptionist to see us go, we said that now if we can check in here and was when one breaks out, we gave a kind of morality to PUT ... CLERK Traian face 5 am and does not give us room even when empty, but when we go see if you can skip the laws, uuufff ...
The two days passed between markets in Mumbai, and the Holi festival day where the Indians put paint all over my face and where it falls well dance.
The return flight was a delight, sleep around 7am and we only smell of breakfast woke up an hour and a half from London. BA good ...
