Still needed to complete some packing duties before heading off and was ready to leave before getting a knock at the door. it was the owner of the hotel whom sat me down and gave me detailed written instructions to get me out of Mumbai and all the way to Goa. At last he said "stuff this, i'll drive you to Goa".


After stating my case that i did in fact WANT to ride to Goa, we came to a compromise that he would drive me a few kilometers to a safe place to drop me off which would avoid me falling prey to getting lost and abused in a slum somewhere. And so we did this.

 

Getting out of Mumbai, especially in that heat, was a messy affair. It was a Sunday but still the traffic was intense to say the least. I fought my way for 50 km before residing in new, well endowed, yet expensive, hotel for the night.