Mumbai...

El primer contacte.
He arribat a Mumbai i el primer que veig es que amb vaquers, calcetins i sabates me rostire viu: fa caloreta (per dir-ho d'alguna manera). Pero be, te arreglo facil.
Mumbai es el paradigma de caos total (primera impressio) tot i que si mires mica mes enlla en realitat te n'adones que rera el ritme frenetic d'aquesta mega-ciutat (gairebe 15 milions) existeix una perfecta sintonia entre tots els seus elements. Es una complicada coreografia que, a primera vista, sembla impossible de realitzar, pero que funciona (de fet no he vist cap accident de transit - cosa miraculosa considerant els vehicles, els carrers, la forma de conduir, etc.)
Aquesta ciutat es un gran aparador del que va ser i ja no es. Grans edificis col.lonials en penos estat de conservacio; una barreja de cotxes antics, cotxes moderns, rickshaws, camions multicolor, carros, vaques i mes. Tot i l'evident pobresa que es veu als carrers, es nomes una fraccio del que hi ha a la resta d'aquest pais. Aqui conviuen tendes modernes de moda, a preus europeus, amb venedors ambulants; restaurants d'alta cuina amb paradetes al carrer (delicios, per cert).
Hi ha de tot i per tots els gustos, colors, economies...en resum: increible.

I d'aqui cap a Goa...a la platjeta per no perdre el costum.




First contact.
Arrived in Mumbai and the first thing I notice is that wearing jeans, socks and shoes I'm just gonna roast alive: it's warmish (?). But hey...it's fixable!
Mumbai is the prime example of total chaos (first impression from an interesting 2hr taxi ride from the airport) although if one were to dig deeper one could conclude that hidden behind this chaotic appearance of this mega-city (close to 15mil) is, in fact, a perfect order between all the elements. Like a complicated choreography that just seems impossible at first (and thus chaotic), but it works (I've yet to see an accident - which seems a miracle considering...). This city is a great display of what was and no longer is. Great colonial buildings in a pathetic state of conservation; a mix of phenomenally old cars, modern cars, colourful lorries, rickshaws, carriages, cows...you name it, it's here. Even though there is noticeable poverty on the streets, what can be seen here is only a fraction of what the rest of the country holds. Here high-street boutiques and modern shops are side-by-side with street vendors; top-class restaurants next to street-stalls (delicious, by the way...and so cheap). Anything you can possibly think of is here...one word to describe it: incredible.

And now to Goa...to relax for a few days. After all, this is a holiday.