Last night it got up to 70°F! We had the window open but didn’t really help much. In the morning we went back to the tattoo shop for Wi-Fi. We messaged Rahul and Gaurav– who met up with us at our hotel. We packed up our things and went back to Jesel Park. They asked us if we wanted veg burgers, so we said sure. They ordered the burgers and chai for us; and we just talked about what were going to do that day. The burgers were very average and when it came time to leave, they made us pay for the meal! This kind of made us a bit “mad” because we thought they were asking if we were hungry because they were going to pay for the meal. We weren’t even hungry in the first place and the burgers were very average, it was all completely unnecessary, hahaha
Street life in Jesel Park
Carrying leaves?
Building
Facebook sandals!
Lots of "brand name" things out here
Veg burger cook
Ben, Gaurav, and Rahul
Then we went to the train station and took a train from Bhayander to Khar Road, which was about 45 minutes. Like our previous train experience, it was extremely packed. Rahul told us to hold our bags in front of us, otherwise somebody could steal something from the back. Gaurav told us he got his phone stolen from his pocket a couple months ago. Once we got to the train station, we walked 5 minutes or so to a pub called Khar Social. Red Bull built a skatepark out front a couple years ago, and it’s the first (and only) skate park in Mumbai.
on the train (Gaurav in the green hat)
It was really fun coming here because Sk8 City are more experienced at “street skating”, where as Ben is more skilled at “park skating”. It’s not a very big park, but Ben killed it and they were impressed! They skated a bit at the park and on the street, but pretty much just watched Ben. After about 2 1/2 hours, we decided to cruise on over to our Airbnb for the night.
Ben skating
Khar Social
Dropping in
Zoomin'
Skating
This girl came up and asked if we could teach her how to skate! We were confused at first and thought she was talking about some kids she was watching, but it was even cooler that she was talking about herself.
Gaurav, Zac, Ben, and Rahul
Gaurav, Zac, Ben, and Rahul
Gaurav, Zac, Ben, and Rahul
It was a lot further than we expected: almost an hour and a half (with traffic)! Rahul and Gaurav came with us. We are staying at a place called The Address. There are 22 floors total and we were on the 20th! It was pretty crazy looking over the balcony at the city this high up. There were some pretty tall buildings, the first we’ve really seen out here. After the Sk8 City crew left, we talked with our Airbnb hosts/roommates. They seem like they’re pretty cool guys! One of them brought home dinner and we ate with them: a couple kinds of curry, chapati, vegetables, and some homemade naan bread! They were impressed that I knew how to scoop up my food with the chapati hahaha
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