My first post

Hi all,

As some of you know I decided to pack my bags and go travel india! Initially I came out with dad for 2 weeks but have now decided to stay out here indefinately!

The trip began on saturday 21st 13:00 when sat at home looking for holidays when i came accross a deal for mumbai which was too good to miss, telling dad.. we packed out bags and were at the airport by 18:00.

The last time I went to mumbai was 12 years back and so my thoughts and ideas were purely based around these concepts. However, dad soon informed me that things were a little different as I soon came to realise.

Landing at the airport, I braced my self for the blast of indian heat I experienced 12 yrs ago, and I wasnt disapointed. Looking round the airport, me and dad searched for Dilip Kaka (dads cousin), who turned up shortly after with his driver and Riddesh (his son).

Driving through mumbai, it was exactly how I remembered it was, lots of horns, close encounters and wannabe lewis hamiltons!

Then came the biggest suprise of all, we pulled into this complex of 3 towers which could easily be described as 5 star luxury...this was Dilip kakas new pad, a multi million $ development complete with olympic sized swimming pool, squash courts..you name it.

It was really good seeing kaka, kaki, riddesh and the family after 12 years!

The first week was spent in mumbai, with dad and I catching up with family. Further we attended a international food exhibition which dad was interested in. I also attended one of Riddeshs law classes at college which was a good laugh, as his pranks soon caused the class to be halted and for him to sit at the front!

The next day we met up with dads other cousin, Ajit kaka, and again it was soon good seeing everyone especially riddin, bijal and vaishali. Here, kaka took for a ride on his moped..a scary but awesome experience!

The week soon flew by and by saturday I contacted one of Riteshs friends caleld Nimesh who is a music producer/singer out here. He let me know that he was going out at night and that to go to lower parel (club named Zenzi) to which he was wel known...and he wasnt wrong. As we approached the entrance, I mentioned his name and we were in like a flash, vip style. Further, it seemed that anybody we chatted to in there seemed to know him.

On sunday, we decided to search for flights for Dehli in order to make our way up north and to our success we were booked for first thing Monday morning!