K and A go to Mumbai...a photo essay :)

We got the early train - we were at the station at 4:20 am!!!! (A says: It was cold too and I hadn't had a coffee)



Train number 1 - Lonavala to Dadar



The fine engine that hauled us.


Does the design of this station sign remind you of anything?


Train number 2 - the Dadar to Mumbai local

(A says: I cannot take responsibility for K all the time, so I suggested that she held on tight and just for once did not swing around like a monkey)


(A says: Don't worry K's parents, there were no oncoming trains)


The wooden seating arrangement inside the carriage.


Arriving at Mumbai CST, Victoria Terminus.



Victoria Terminus (which now has some heinously long name abbr CST)



Train number 3 - the Mumbai CST to Lonavala in cushy sleeper class :)




....and now for some views of urban sprawl.




While we were in Mumbai A got a posh haircut :)



Mumbai definitely shows the British influence....






The Oval Maidan.


The Gateway of India, built in commemoration of the arrival of King George V.



Can you believe it, there were even double decker buses, too.