On to Mumbai

Our last two days in Bangalore were relaxing. We did our laundry and visited a lot. Tuesday morning we had an Uber to the airport. Although our flight was delayed a bit, all went well. We checked into our Hyatt hotel in Mumbai and lounged in our room. The taxi ride Wednesday morning from the hotel to the cruiseport took about an hour and we had the usual Indian traffic. The checkin procedure involved standing in the hot sun for longer than I liked, but once we got inside it went smoothly. One major hitch is that I somehow got the wrong type of visa for Sri Lanka. We filled out some paperwork and have to reapply on the ship. And I thought I was so careful about all the complicated paperwork for this Asian cruise!! Our first port of call was Goa on US Thanksgiving day. We had been in touch with our former student and friend Tenzing (Momo) Nima, who lives there now. He met us at the port and took us on a driving tour around Panaji (old Panjim), the capital of this former Portuguese colony. We found a parking spot (amazing, given the number of cars around the narrow streets) and walked around admiring the old architecture. After a stop in a coffee shop, we headed back to the ship. It was so great to see him and the visiting was nonstop!