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Breakfast in Kolkata airport: Delicious onion uttapam (pancake) with sambar (sauce) and coconut chutney
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Now in Mumbai (=Bombay), about to board a train to the city. The first couple were stuffed, however, so I had a to wait a while
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After 20 minutes, a train that wasn't stuffed
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Iconic Mumbai dish bhelpuri (puffed rice, noodles etc.), and a lassi that beats any lassi I've had abroad ever
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Clock tower
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And there was a cow
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Bamboo scaffolding, rather tall
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Gateway of India to the left. Note how even the garbage is colourful.
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Famous Taj Mahal Hotel
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Getting some rice and curry to go, with some incredible roti (=chapati) bread coming directly from the pan
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This is the packed meal. Cost: less than a dollar.
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And enjoying the meal in the shade of a banyan tree
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Police headquarters from another angle
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Mumbai is full of beautiful colonial buildings
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Couldn't resist a sandwich toasted over charcoals. Add a glass of totally freshly squeezed sugar cane.
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Back on the train
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The name of the game is to stick your head out of the car
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Second vada pav/ seventh meal of the day
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The vada pav up close. It's a deep fried lentil paste. going to bed on a full stomach.
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Leaving the Shangrila Hotel to walk to the airport
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Grabbing a super delicious breakfast on the way - upma and sheera; upma is the white dish, and sheera is the orange dish