After a trip to the bank machine/gas station we were saying goodbye to Bob and Joan en route to OR Tambo airport for our noon flight to Mumbai. A quick check of our tickets showed that we would be getting into India at 1230 a.m. and no hotel reservation until noon check-in! Our adventure begins!
Brendan: Now we are on the the plane. So far it has been terrible and we have not even taken off. This plane does not have TV’s on the back of the seats and the guy behind us has a serious B.O. problem and he is stinking up the whole plane.
Things are now looking up a pro cricket team just got on the plane” Rajasthan Royals Cricket team that placed 6th in the IPL tournament in South Africa (only the top 4 make the semis, and then 2 go on to the finals). They seriously look like athletes and have excellent manners. Ryan really got into it and was asking them questions about Cricket and their national teams and so forth. They were enthused and were asking Ryan about his sports and favourite players and about Canada’s teams. The 9 hours passed quickly.
No problems encountered once we arrived – except that the Residency Hotel had no rooms (they expected us tomorrow – and did not receive my email of yesterday). They arranged for us to sleep at their sister hotel, the Astoria (Rs3500+tx) – an Indian 3-star ;) It had a few shortcomings but we were happy to have beds and a shower for the night.
Brendan: Now we are on the the plane. So far it has been terrible and we have not even taken off. This plane does not have TV’s on the back of the seats and the guy behind us has a serious B.O. problem and he is stinking up the whole plane.
Things are now looking up a pro cricket team just got on the plane” Rajasthan Royals Cricket team that placed 6th in the IPL tournament in South Africa (only the top 4 make the semis, and then 2 go on to the finals). They seriously look like athletes and have excellent manners. Ryan really got into it and was asking them questions about Cricket and their national teams and so forth. They were enthused and were asking Ryan about his sports and favourite players and about Canada’s teams. The 9 hours passed quickly.
No problems encountered once we arrived – except that the Residency Hotel had no rooms (they expected us tomorrow – and did not receive my email of yesterday). They arranged for us to sleep at their sister hotel, the Astoria (Rs3500+tx) – an Indian 3-star ;) It had a few shortcomings but we were happy to have beds and a shower for the night.
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