{"id":347,"date":"2009-12-15T20:29:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2010-03-07T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T22:38:39","slug":"onwards-to-evershine-nagar-malad-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Onwards to Evershine Nagar, Malad West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After finally receiving some more adequate sleep, Angus and I ventured off via taxi to the north of Mumbai, to his family home in Evershine Nagar, Malad West. What a way to experience true Indian traffic firsthand! &#8211; The fairly short journey took a whopping two and a half hours, so I managed to admire the surroundings in the scorching street heat and snap a few shots.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0283.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0283-s.jpg\" title=\"Feet of Rickshaw driver\" alt=\"Feet of Rickshaw driver\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRickshaw driver<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0287.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0287-s.jpg\" title=\"CNG Mumbai\" alt=\"CNG Mumbai\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOur taxi being filled with CNG &#8211; commonplace in Mumbai<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0294.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0294-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0303-s.jpg\" title=\"Capacity: 3 idiots\" alt=\"Capacity: 3 idiots\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPun of the recent movie &#8220;3 idiots&#8221; on the back of a rickshaw<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0306.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0306-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0320.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0320-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0321.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0321-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClearly on a road with no traffic<\/p>\n<p>Once we had reached the neighbourhood of Evershine Nagar, Angus and I decided to have a quick wander around the small local streets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0327.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0327-s.jpg\" title=\"Bananas Mumbai\" alt=\"Bananas Mumbai\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRipening bananas<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0329.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0329-s.jpg\" title=\"Oranges in Mumbai\" alt=\"Oranges in Mumbai\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0337.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0337-s.jpg\" title=\"Loaded bicycle in Mumbai\" alt=\"Loaded bicycle in Mumbai\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHeavily loaded bicycle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0340.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0340-s.jpg\" title=\"Pineapple Mumbai\" alt=\"Pineapple Mumbai\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFresh pineapple<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0343.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0343-s.jpg\" title=\"Man through a drain pipe\" alt=\"Man through a drain pipe\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStreet stall through a large drainage pipe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0347.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0347-s.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0350.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0350-s.jpg\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0352.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0352-s.jpg\" title=\"Apartments in Evershine Nagar\" alt=\"Apartments in Evershine Nagar\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0353.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0353-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFriendly dog outside the apartment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0365.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0365-s.jpg\" title=\"Sunset Evershine Nagar\" alt=\"Sunset Evershine Nagar\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSunset from the 4th floor of the apartment<\/p>\n<p>Right at this moment, we made a hasty getaway to the highway for our bus trip to Goa. Simply put; the WORST trip I have ever done. 7pm until 9am the following morning, as we traversed what seemed like the windiest roads possible on the journey south. Sleeping wasn&#8217;t possible amongst the winding roads, and bopping to the ring-a-ting-ting Bollywood movies on offer, with treble echoing around the bus. I strongly recommend anyone to fly down &#8211; or even catch a train.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0378.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0378-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCoca-Cola 3-wheeler truck whilst waiting for our bus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0379-s.jpg\" title=\"Rickshaw motion blur\" alt=\"Rickshaw motion blur\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nZooming Rickshaw<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0392.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/IND_0392-s.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=warrenwilliams\" class=\"addthis_button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border: 0px none\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After finally receiving some more adequate sleep, Angus and I ventured off via taxi to the north of Mumbai, to his family home in Evershine Nagar, Malad West. What a way to experience true Indian traffic firsthand! &#8211; The fairly short journey took a whopping two and a half hours, so I managed to admire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,8,21,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-people","category-transportation","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}