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Susan and I spent six weeks in Mumbai in early 2024.  We enjoyed it so much that we decided to do it again, spending another six weeks in Mumbai, from the end of November until the beginning of January 2025.

Words are inadequate to describe India, absent firsthand experience. But I’ll try…

Four years ago, Susan and I toured Jordan for the first time. Through the internet, I hired a driver/tour guide based on an ad from a Jordan tour company. This driver, Mazen, met us at the airport holding a sign with our names on it. Spending hours together with him in the car that first year, we became close friends with Mazen. We have hired him as our tour guide during our three subsequent Jordan visits. Mazen has invited us to his house twice for dinner with him and his wife. Both he and his wife speak enough English to get to know each other well enough to cement our friendship. . .

As Susan and I conclude our sixth and final week in Mumbai, India, I will attempt to relate the cultural impressions rather than just recounting the events.  Readers of my previous blogs will know I’ve been visiting India for many years, playing music in various settings.  

This essay was written in March 2008, with reflections on visiting Detroit and living in Reno, Nevada. Some images are included.