We woke up today and our legs refused to do more walking! So after brekky we decided to give our lower limbs a break and instead boarded a boat to take us out to Elephanta Island. As we departed the shoreline from the Gateway of India we got great views of the Gateway itself and of the Taj Mahal Palace. 
The hour long boat ride was pretty boring considering the haze meant we couldn't see anything around us - well except for a few oil rigs floating among the debris of the mainland rubbish.
We were expecting great things from the statues carved inside caves as far back as 450AD, but were slightly disappointed to find the majority of caves empty.
The main cave was duly impressive, with huge towering carvings showing their age as they crumble from their previous glory. The highlight of the day were the naughty monkeys that rule the island. One charged at Liv and got hold of the water bottle, but let go when Adam came charging towards it. We saw a woman's bag get snatched, rummaged through, before the monkey scrambled up a nearby tree with her handbag. We also saw another cheeky monkey drinking from a water bottle it had managed to claim!! The monkey attacks brought back bad memories for Liv of the charging cow in Jodhpur that got its horns into her! Don't they know she's on their side - maybe she'll start eating animals again, they obviously don't appreciate it!!
We also climbed up "Cannon Hill" where Adam had his fun sliding down the huge cannon barrels, and where we got some views over the harbour. But eventually the island left us hot, sticky, and bored so we headed back to the mainland for lunch.
Afterwards we went to the movies!!! After all, we couldn't leave Bombay without seeing a Bollywood film (we were asked numerous times to be extras for the day)! We saw "From Chandi Chowk to China", which was awesome as lots of the movie was in Chinese so Liv could understand some. But then again, as with most Bolly and Hollywood movies the plots aren't to hard to follow. We had a great time and thought the movie was pretty awesome - enough singing and dancing for Liv and enough fighting for Adam.
After dinner we packed our bags in preparation for our early morning train to Goa and our rendezvous with Peter for storytime on the beach!!
Adlibing Bollywood.
The hour long boat ride was pretty boring considering the haze meant we couldn't see anything around us - well except for a few oil rigs floating among the debris of the mainland rubbish.We were expecting great things from the statues carved inside caves as far back as 450AD, but were slightly disappointed to find the majority of caves empty.
The main cave was duly impressive, with huge towering carvings showing their age as they crumble from their previous glory. The highlight of the day were the naughty monkeys that rule the island. One charged at Liv and got hold of the water bottle, but let go when Adam came charging towards it. We saw a woman's bag get snatched, rummaged through, before the monkey scrambled up a nearby tree with her handbag. We also saw another cheeky monkey drinking from a water bottle it had managed to claim!! The monkey attacks brought back bad memories for Liv of the charging cow in Jodhpur that got its horns into her! Don't they know she's on their side - maybe she'll start eating animals again, they obviously don't appreciate it!!We also climbed up "Cannon Hill" where Adam had his fun sliding down the huge cannon barrels, and where we got some views over the harbour. But eventually the island left us hot, sticky, and bored so we headed back to the mainland for lunch.Afterwards we went to the movies!!! After all, we couldn't leave Bombay without seeing a Bollywood film (we were asked numerous times to be extras for the day)! We saw "From Chandi Chowk to China", which was awesome as lots of the movie was in Chinese so Liv could understand some. But then again, as with most Bolly and Hollywood movies the plots aren't to hard to follow. We had a great time and thought the movie was pretty awesome - enough singing and dancing for Liv and enough fighting for Adam.
After dinner we packed our bags in preparation for our early morning train to Goa and our rendezvous with Peter for storytime on the beach!!
Adlibing Bollywood.
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