Date: Mar 27, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
MUMBAI, INDIA (BOMBAY)
We had booked a tour to see the Jewish Synagogues but I had a bad cold or something this morning. So Bobbi went by herself while I stayed and coughed non stop.
Before leaving we thought about all the wonderful treasures we had acquired and decided there was no way they would fit in the luggage we had brought. We called the butler and asked where we might find a UPS store or similar where we could purchase boxes and bubble wrap. Our butler said it would no problem. He would get us the bubble wrap and he would have the ships carpenters build a box large enough for all our stuff. They were remarkably quick and efficient. Now I just need a crane to get it aboard. It is pictured [above].
Bobbi got in a large bus with only eight other people including the Rabbi. His wife had gone to see the Taj Mahal. We had gone on the Synagogue tour last year but wanted to see it again and there was one Synagogue we had not seen.
The sights were about the same except she was able to get much closer to the public laundry where you paid to have your laundry washed, by hand, in the river.
If was far more crowded this year and she saw far more poverty with people living in the streets. The bus was far too large to fit down many of the streets and was quite a job to maneuver.
The tour was about four hours and then Bobbi returned to the ship. There was a warehouse right by the ship, where there were stalls with people selling things. There was also a store set up in the meeting room on the ship. The only thing we wanted was one
of the gorgeous silk table cloths they were selling. We had not been able to find one near large enough for either of our dinning room tables and this place was no exception. They did have some beautiful ones though and maybe we will go to a table cloth store by taxi tomorrow.
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