Bombay or bust!!!!!!!

HA ha I have not busted yet and yes I am in Bombay. I had a very long trip good as it all was but by the end of it I just wanted to be here and when the plane finally came down under the clouds and I could see the light it made me very happy. Well lets see the last day+ has landed me in lots of places. LA, Taiwan, Malaysia, and last but not least mumbai. I am happy to be here!! The flights were good and nothing to exciting happened. The excitement came once I was off the planes. HA HA In Malaysia I got a hotel room for my stop over and lunch. I was surprised to get that but the shower and nap were wonderful. :) The fun was the drive there and back. I just have to say that when it comes to driving there are lots of suggestions in the form of road signs but I don't think that they mean that much to the drivers. For example cause I am sure that you want to hear some fun stories!!! The highways in Malaysia and India are very much different as I found out last night but the India roads will have to wait as I tell you about Malaysia roads and drivers. The roads in general have some very faint dashed lines on them telling you where the lanes are. When I say faint I guess that you should interpret that as almost none exsistant!!!! You can see the outline or a little bit of paint that is on the road but that is about it. Not that it matters that much anyway. I have to stop right here and let you all know that I love the cab rides so far. The drivers cut across 2 or some times 34 lanes of traffic when taking a turn! That makes for great corners and turning. They really don't slow down at turns unless of course they have to because of another car in there way. Speed is a sweet thing here... the speed signs I think are a suggestion as to how slow you might think about going on the roads. For instance road sign says 70km driver going 110km it is awesome. Oh I have to point out that driving on the wrong side of the road did not feel that odd to me that is until I was sitting up front with the driver. HA ha When we left the airport to go to the hotel I as sitting in the middle seat in the van and thought to myself driving on the left of the road does not fell that weird but as soon as I was sitting next to the driver on the way back I realized that it felt totally odd and new to me.

Horns!!!!!!! Yea that is right horns!!! Like the kind in the car will never be seen as the same to me after this trip. We use them to let people know if we are pissed off at them or if there driving sucks and they just about hit you but in the places I have been so far I know that it is not just a replacement of the middle finger like it is so many times back in Canada. Here it has lots of meaning like the one I found out last night in India on the way to the hotel. The beep that just simple means I am coming through so you better look out. This one was used a lot actually and most of time to either people on bikes, mopeds and the occasional pedestrian. There seem to be so many kinds of beeps that I am sure that it will take me the whole 2 months to figure them all out but as I do I am sure that I will pass them along to you. :)

Well it is 11am here on Saturday the 8th of July and I think that I am going to go find some water and maybe a place or 2 to shop and try and find the things that I forgot at home. HA HA There was not that much that I forgot but the power converter is the biggest one that was forgotten. HA HA so much for having rechargeable batteries. Oh that and I forgot TP but that I remedied on the flight into India. HA HA I took a roll from the plane. HA HA ok now that you have all had a few good laughs I will say farewell for this time and will write more soon.