Today we spent the day at Elefanta Island - which is a very slow hour-long boat ride from the "Gateway to India" the large gate-like structure in the picture below.
To the left is the Taj Hotel.
Boats:
At Elefanta Island there are caves that were carved into the mountain.
It was cool to see the carvings, but it was even better to step away from the craziness that is Mumbai. There was lush vegetation and it was quiet and calm! It was nice to be in an open space without tons of people. There were also crazed monkeys that would take things literally out of your hands. I did not witness but heard a pack of monkeys wreaked havoc on one family's picnic. One lead monkey hissed and distracted the people while the other two monkeys tore apart and gobbled the food, and even wrestled a candybar from a child's hand. Traumatic!
We ate lunch at a restaurant that had a nice view of the bay and what parts of the city we could see through the thick haze. This area is so polluted and hazy because of the monsoon clouds. Here's a picture of our Veg Thali. Thail means 'set meal':
Well, time to wrap it up! Tomorrow we are transferring to Pune which will hopefully be the beginning of our microfinance adventures. Woo!
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