Wet in mumbai

Hi guys,
First and foremost do apologies for the late update...for the time has passed so fast this trip down that I could not find time to make a run to the dhanu cybercafe to give you guys and update.
Anyway im back i mumbai after spending 11 days in Nareshwadi. I've got one night here before I fly of the next day and guess how the beautiful mumbai morning greets me on my last day, with loads of...RAIN
yup I shouldnt be surprised tho, it is the start on the monsoon...so a wet start it will be then, luckly I dont have much to do except get to Lee's place in Juhu to chill with Rory n gang whilst watching a game or two of football ;) and yes I did catch a game in Nareshwadi.  Thanks to Vivek, who was kind enough to active the ESPN channel in the guest house, Rory, Vesanti and me had a chance to catch Italy vs Paragua.
An ok match that ended in a 1 all draw, ahem ahem I do believe I am should have got a free breakfast from a certain individuals....Tho I guess the more interesting part of the game was seeing Rory & Vesanti get hooked on an old game called Thai Thee (Two of Spades).
So a bit about Nareshwadi and my visit this year,
1. The kids have grown!!! yup all the young kids have actually shoot up...Do believe this has much to do with upgrade of the diet program in Nareshwadi
2. There new young faces in the teaching crew, lots more house parents and teaches have joined the small litle Nareshwadi teaching community that hopefully will bring fresh idea and new teaching methodology to the school.
3. The farm has grown...Thanks to the endless efforts by the farm crew the mangoes this year have sold out!!! And what is great is that the kids have been give a free hand in picking/plucking as many mangoes as the like this year...and hopefully the few mangoes i got survive the trip back to kl ;)
To conclude, I have seen Nareshwadi change over the last three visits and this has really given me hope that individuals with determination CAN make changes to the most old way of things...You can teach and old dog new tricks I guess ;-)
catch you later guys
-dave-

Sunset on day 1 in Mumbai

hi guys,
I know its been sometime since I've updated this website.  Well its just because I've not traveled la ;)
For the non-Malaysian readers, the word "la" is a common replacement for the "." in Malaysia, do try it, say anything n just end it with "la" and walah..you talk like a Malaysian ;)
Well enough of 101 on being Malaysian...now 101 on being an Indian
first make sure you get conned at least once, the sooner the better, as for me it was the taxi guy that instead of charging me the standard 150 odd rupees, charged me 200 odd for a trip.(tick)
then grab yourself an "allo walla pranta with cha" at the local hotel aka restaurant (tick), another 101, restaurants r commonly referred to as hotels, bonus points if you can guess what hotels are commonly referred to as...
third go shopping!!! latest fashions n latest movie cds n books n everything nice (tick)
fourth get on the mumbai local train during off peak hrs n stand at the doors whilst the train travels thru mumbai...(tick)
fifth n final take a rick aka auto all by yourself and try to start a conversation in hindi with the driver (tick) ;)
now you can call yourself a local indian...well not really but you can pass for one la....
ok a bit about the picture above, its from the juru beach, that is close to Lee's place in Mumbai
alright gang, thats it for now, will catch you guys from Nareshwadi
till then
dave signing out...