No WIFI!

Ah... blogging without wifi is such a hassle. I can't upload pictures, I can't write at a nice pace; because i'm renting a computer from a pc cafe right now and I can't upload my pictures to some straaaangers PC! But I can tell ya'll what I've been doing!

So I got off the plane at around 1:30AM Bombay time. First thing I did was wait for my bags, but as I was walking out, I saw a currency exchange and I was like... good idea! Except there was this group of French tourists in front of me who took FOREVER! I mean, if they're all one big family, couldn't they exchange money together? Time consuming old people, no wonder French tourists are rated the rudest in the world, lol. Well then I got out, and it was HOT! I was wearing 3 layers + a jacket and jeans and shoes, and right when I got out, I was drenched with sweat. My friends met with me right at the front of the airport, and we all took a taxi to our place of residence, which was really just down the street in Andheri East.

Where I'm staying right now is this really nice 3 bedroom apartment on the 3rd floor of a building in this housing society. The people on the 1st floor are really nice, and the girl who lives there, Pageshre, came out and introduced herself to us. Apparently, HMS stayed in the exact same house last year, so they got to know her really well. The apartment has three rooms with AC and it is GODSEND! Lol I swear the difference between an airconditioned room and one that's not is like 30 degrees and a bucket of water. (The bucket of water being in the air) But I slept that night

The next morning, I went out for some Indian breakfast/lunch and got myself a Masala Dosa, something I had before in the states! It was fantastic, and the sauces they give are good too. I struggled for a while trying to eat with just one hand (in India, they eat only with their right hand, and they eat WITH their hand) so I was all clumsily trying to tear the bread with one hand. Heh it took me about twice as long to eat, but that's no problem. Mangos are ReaALLy good here, and everywhere you can buy this awesome drink called Slice... or basically Mango nectar. It tastes JUST like mangos and I can't get enough of it. It's also a cold drink, so it really hits the spot.

After that... a friend joined us after his plane landed, and we went out to explore. We went to a bagel shop (lol ridiculous right? eating western food before even getting sick of Indian food) and they had free wifi there. But finding Wifi is actually pretty tough. Then we walked around, sat by the ocean side, had some beers, and then ate at a pizza place. While we were sitting by the ocean side, there was this charismatic young guy who was acting out scenes from lots of bollywood movies. Then at the end, he totally approached us and just demanded money! I was like... I don't see a collection cup.

So that was kind of a spoiler, but afterwards we went to the pizza place across the street because it was the only thing open at that hour (11pm) The pizza was good, and we got two Local Specials, Bombay Masala and Indian Smoke. Both were really good and hiddenly spicy! I guess they worked the spices in with magic.

Aftewards, we took a train back home, and I fell asleep around 2. I woke up today around 10 and went out to eat indian breakfast. I ordered a tomato omelette, but it wasn't made of eggs, it was a pancake! I'm kinda confused as to why eggs arent vegetarian (oh yeah, btw, everyone here is vegetarian) but dairy is. But whatevaaa. Eggs are good but overrated, and the pancake was good anyway.

So now it's about 6pm, and the time difference between here and the states is terrible! I don't think I'll ever be awake at the same times as you guys, so that makes webcamming pretty hard. But I did buy a logitech webcame today for about $20, and it works great with my laptop. So expect to see me on skype sometime once I figure out where the best spots for wifi are, and after I get to my permanent city.

Tomorrow night, I'll be sitting on an overnight bus from Mumbai to Hubli, so I'll hopefully just wake up where I need to be =D No time lost, and no boring bus ride. Well cya all later, and hopefully I'll be able to post up some pictures soon!