From Kim

Well we are up pretty early to start our day today, (4:30am) mostly out of excitement. Yesterday was amazine! Words fail. We went to everything as modern as a music store and caught a couple of the lastest CD soundtracks for Om Shanti Om and Saawariya. Neat seeing the release of the new Eagles CD and I guess it's doing well! LOL And then we saw markets that were well over 100 years old. The Jain temple was so awe inspiring, Doug was actually shaking. I guess this is how India gets under your skin. It was truly moving. The train station, the city laundry, the hanging gardens, Kolaba area shopping, traffic jams and travelling the new highway. The Mosques in the Muslim area we could only drive by as there was no stopping allowed due to the current political climate. Stunningly beautiful! Doug had to pop 5 or 6 blisters on my feet but I'm not letting that stop me! (Shades of Las Vegas...must see everything no matter what). Today Amin is taking us and dropping us at Elephanta (apparently a tout and tourist trap gauntlet to run till you get to ancient and beautiful ruins and carvings) We are leaving Amin behind for this one as it now bores him right silly!! Then it's off to go see the new SRK movie Om Shanti Om and FabIndia for shopping and who knows what else! We've been singing Dard - e - Disco and Om shanti Om for two days now so seeing it in the theatre HERE is going to be a true India experience! Amin is more than just a godsend, a good man and a driver (if there is something in the motorway, he pulls over the car and removes it! "Someone will get hurt" he rightly reasons) his care for others is truly inspiring...we now consider him a friend. We have seen the real Mumbai that tourists miss. I think when we leave, Amin will be the one thing we miss most! We have about 30 vid clips and about 200 pix, but I'll leave you with just this one....
Amin took it with an outstreached arm...it's his favorite...he calls it "Coffee, two cream!"
I think it may be my favourite too!