Tuesday (nov 3) was the last night in Mumbai so Scott and I set out on a quest to find an establishment that served beef. After an extensive internet search we settled on a quaint little place called Cafe Indigo. Upon arrival, we realized it was a very high class establishment. It was by far the most expensive place I have been to yet in India. Most expensive means Scott’s Filet Mignon was just under 8 dollars with zero compromise on performance. I committed a serious lapse in judgement and got a hamburger rather than the steak Scott had the foresight to get. It was still an incredibly good hamburger but no Filet Mignon. The couple next to us was from the UK and had been living and working in Mumbai for 4 years so it was interesting to talk to them and hear what they had to say about India. On the other side was a large group of people with a glass wall between us. This group seemed t0 be having an excellent time. They kept trying to talk to us, but we could not hear them because of the glass wall. Anyway, I ask for our check and when the waiter comes he tells me “It has been taken care of.” I asked him what he meant and he explained that one of the guys in the big group was a star in Bollywood and had paid for out meal. I asked him to point out which one he was and we went over to thank him. The guy’s name was Sebastian and he asked us if we were from Israel or Ireland. Because I have absolutley no red hair, I was very confused as to why he would think I was Irish. We told him neither and that we were from the US. From what I could gather he and his buddy had some kind of bet about what country we were from (he was more than slightly intoxicated). I was very thankful he did not ask me what I thought of Bollywood movies. From what I have experienced thus far in my life they seem interesting but extremely low quality. That is just my prideful opinion. I only used the word star because the waiter did when I was describing him. I think it is a pretty loose definition of the word.
The 4th and 5th I was in a city called Nasik and saw some interesting temples and people participating in these rituals in the river that goes through there. Friday I went east to a city called Aurangabad. I met a guy on the bus who was on this pilgrimage to visit all 12 temples of Shiva in India. He was a super awesome guy to talk to and I ended up going with him to the temple near Aurangabad to watch him do his rituals. The temple is a pretty big deal so there were a lot of people in there performing ceremonies and different things. It was a very interesting slash weird slash powerful thing to watch. I am now in a city called Jalagaon because it is the nearest place I can catch a train to Kolkata, which leaves at 4:15 tomorrow morning. I was going to go to a few places before Kolkata but decided to cut them out because I am tired of temples and tourist things. I am extremely pumped to be in Kolkata and hit up some Bangladesh action. Alright. That is all for now.
November 7, 2009 at 1:09 pm |
We’ll have to see if we can rustle up a T-Bone in December!
November 13, 2009 at 1:29 pm |
Steven! I will educate you on Bollywood when you return. lol.