Day 78 (Sat 23 Sep) - Mumbai / Chennai

Very hot morning as we had breakfast at the Food Plaza.

Our train for Chennai leaves at 8.30pm so we had quite alot of time to kill. Packed our bags and headed off to the Internet cafe to do some blogging.

About 1pm we got a taxi to Dader, a suburb of Mumbai from which our train would leave; a journey of about 1 hour.

Dader train station was located right in the middle of a very busy section full of shops and temples. We found the left luggage office and dumped our rucksacks. Further exploration uncovered a really nice restaurant where we had a slap up meal.

We phoned our respective families and then sat in a small restaurant courtyard drinking water and watching the hustle and bustle ( [1], [2] ) of the streets. Decided to walk around the place during which we saw an elephant being used to beg and a number of small roadside shacks specialising in typing services.

At about 7ish we got the train station and waited on the platform by our train. Found our names on a list tacked onto the side of a carriage and decided to board.

We have a small cabin all to ourselves. It includes a small washbasin and a wardrobe. Quite comfy.

Had a good train dinner and settled down for a read. Jo occupying the top bunk.