We had a very quick breakfast and were out in the minibus and on our way by 8.30am. It was already quite hot and promised to get much hotter before long. Jaipur is much smaller than Mumbai, but still home to around 5 million people. Even early in the day the traffic is crazy with people of all types, cows, camels, cars, buses, pony carts, tuk tuks, all kinds of humanity in every direction. All very lively and certainly very noisy! We turned in through a gateway ...

We set off after breakfast in a minibus with our two fellow cricket tourist, Paul and Les, and our trusty guide whose name was Derek. The streets were busy and noisy, full of people and all forms of transport and lined with shops and stalls. We learned that Mumbai consists of seven islands joined together by causeways built by the British and forming the only natural harbour in India ... clever stuff! Not fat from our hotel, in the Fort district, we turned int...