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Journey North to Kathmandu...

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 I arrived in Mumbai, scratched and a little bruised. I arrived at 5 am, and tried three cashpoints before negotiating with an autorickshaw to take me the Navi Mumbai    for INR 800. I saw a rat the size of a cat scrunching down to eat bird food left in front of a temple or  By the time we had crossed the river from the main Mumbai peninsular to Navi Mumbai peninsula, the price had risen to INR 1500.  I asked him to be quiet .  the hotel was fine, I was given Room 102.  I couldn't get onto the balcony.  I went to the roof terrace , which was nice, but the pool was closed, it being winter.   I left Mumbai again on Monday evening by taxi to Mumbai central.  it was calm and air conditioned.  I got on the Golden Temple express to Amritsar via Kola and New Delhi.  With a police escort , we left at 18:45 promptly.  I ate my Mumbai snacks, I'm still eating them here in Kathmandu, Nepal actually! I went to sleep at 9 am and was woken at 7 am promptly by woman calling to her excited fam