After venturing to a bar with a slightly older, more techno- and strobe-light-oriented crowd the night before, I was relieved when the bar suggested that night was slower paced. One of the men staying at the hotel recommended a bar called “Ghetto” to us and asked if we would like to accompany him. It was … Continue reading
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Peace and Chaos
Pune to Mumbai The train from Pune to Mumbai was a little over four hours in the second seating compartment of a crowded Indian train. Second seating was the cheapest (yet still safest) choice we could make for transportation; our trip to Mumbai and back cost only 6 USD! We took our assigned seats in … Continue reading
A City of Opposites
Sitting on a friend’s lap on a stuffy, crowded Indian train for four hours. Sipping a glass of wine at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel as the sun sets over the bay. Falling asleep to the sound of a rattling fan in a room with no windows and no sheets on the bed. Looking up … Continue reading
The Wall Project: A Photoessay of an Illustrated City
On our final morning in Mumbai we decided to venture off the beaten path and seek out something Lonely Planet called “The Wall Project” or “The Wall of Mumbai.” “An artistic initiative similar to Berlin’s East Side Gallery, though without the 28 years of oppression and isolation,” Lonely Planet had called it. We didn’t know … Continue reading