KTHXMUMBAI

Alex and I are stuck at JFK for about 8 hours, having missed our connecting flight to SFO. We only had a 90-minute window to get through customs, and after being delayed at the gate for almost two hours back in Bombay we naturally did not make it to JFK in time.

What caused the 2-hour delay? Maintenance on the runway. Which, if you've ever seen the state of asphalt in Bombay by the end of Monsoon, is not at all surprising. We assume that the repairs were being made by shoeless eighteen-year-olds, as that seems to be the primary labor pool for all construction jobs in the city.

Here's a photo I forgot about the other day when I was discussing the state of cleanliness in the city. Clean-up Mumbai! indeed. That campaign seems to be really working out for them.



Last but not least, yesterday Alex and I came up with the idea of combining cat macros with Bombay. The result is our new photo blog, KTHXMUMBAI.

Enjoy.

the action, it is not so much

I think this is what is considered action-packed TV programming here:


A guy in lotus position clenching his stomach muscles rhythmically. For a really, really long time.

My action-packed day today has included an hour of power walking and a 4-hour nap. So I guess I can't really make fun.

On an unrelated note, I had trouble while in San Francisco recently conveying to people just how CLEAN it was compared to Bombay. I snapped this typical scene on the drive home one day this week:



Often you'll see people and/or animals picking through small fields of garbage like this. It is so amazing to think that there is anything of enough value in there that it is worth digging through it with one's bare hands. (Click on the photo to get a better feel for just how...trashy it is.)

You also sometimes see big green bins that say "Clean up Mumbai!" in the middle of a pile of garbage. The bins typically are empty.

And also I made another lolcat, from a classic shot of Marie: