Friday, 14 November 2008

A Day In Bombay (part 3)

We finished "Hanging Out" in The Hanging Gardens with the animal shaped hedges and went to a Mosque called Hariyali. Which is where a saint miraculously washed ashore and is now entombed here. It is a place of real significance because both Muslims and Hindus come to pay their respects and ask for blessings alongside one another. It is also an island during high tide and only accessible duriing the low tide via a long raised walkway. It was here that we got the photo of the fishermen working against the sunset.
With the light fading we went to see Dhobi Ghat - possible the worlds largest washing machine, but one powered by hand not electricity. Every day hundreds, maybe thousands of clothes come here to be washed by hand and we caught them after the gruelling work of beating the clothes had been done and they were hanging out to dry. This is the place where your whites become whiter than white - we think not!
We toasted a successful day of sightseeing in Bombay.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Guys,

Looks like you are still having a fantastic time and taking in some brilliant sights!!!

Rich has asked me to let you know he has become a Daddy again to a little girl they named Paige.

Keep Having Fun

The Champ

xx