but i will try to remember a few things hope you dont mind a late report we flew to mumbai then took the train down to goa oct 2006 thought this report would cheer us all up while were waiting to go again anita 
we flew out to mumbai with emerites the flight was good plenty of leg room and the in flight entertainment was excellent everyone has an individual tv screen and 100's of films to choose from and a great choice of music to listen to also interactive games , its also possible to e.mail from your seat but we couldnt work it out , drinks were also complimentry throughout the flight , they were served with meals and they served them in between if you asked for them which we did of course , no honey bee yet mind you , all this was economy class we are very impressed because we had used monarch a lot in the past.
when we landed in mumbai the adrenelin kicked in wow soo exciting we had been the year before and that just made it all the more exciting cos we new we were in for a mad exhilerating time we had booked a hotel on the net , so booked a taxi to take us there , you pre-book and pay inside the airport so you dont get ripped off with the price .
its then like wacky races the traffic is absolutely mad there must have been 9 lanes of traffic in some places i use the term lane loosely as its a complete free for all , if you think of margao or panjim and times it easily by 100 thats how mad it is ,
the down side to the journey is that when the traffic slows to a standstill children beg at the windows of the taxi and it is really sad the children live their lives among the traffic and petrol fumes and it shows in their little faces they look so unhealthy dull dark eyes etc i must admit when im in mumbai i break my rule of not giving to beggers and do give the children a few rupees , this season i will try to be prepared and give them biscuits etc something i know will go in their bellys and not on dads fenny . when i gave the children a few rupees they actually burst into a very animated song and dance about hari krishna , only in india i thought and it made us laugh.
once at tha hotel which remember we booked on line , it was nothing like the photos , they must have been taken years ago , the nice little restaurant from the photos looked more like the canteen off on the buses and it was very dated but i loved it the reception staff were very official as if they were running a 5* hotel but also very friendly , it was a 3* hotel basic by our standards but clean and the staff couldnt do enough for us they helped us to the room with our bags and offered to bring beer from the local shop i wondered if we looked like lushes ? anyway we declined becausewe had decided to get ready and head out to find a place to eat which had been reccomended on ht , leopolds cafe ( it is also in the lonely planet ) so we headed off for colaba causeway and found it quite easily ,
ahh heaven we just sank into our seats and relaxed amongst the mayhem of india the cafe is open fronted great for people watching the food is delicious , the beer is expensive compared to goa but ok by uk standards and who cares when you've travelled 1,000's of miles to india we just chilled for a few hours and were soo pleased we were there , we returned to the hotel for our first nights sleep extremely tired a bit the worse for ware but very happy
hope its not boring will do the train journey breifly and arrival on familiar territory goa next if ive not bored you all too much
Leopolds was the first meal I ever had in India, egg curry because I was too scared to eat meat after everything I was told, I stayed in a place right at the back of Leopolds and yes the room boys offered to get me beer from the shop too lol , keep it coming 
