On Tuesday, at the crack of dawn we headed to the Royal Bombay Yacht Club for a once in a lifetime opportunity- a sailing trip from the Gateway of India, as the guests of Mumbai native Neena. It was stunning and a fantastic way to watch the sun rise. The girls were shown how the boats work, and when appetites were fully worked up we headed to the Yacht Club for a leisurely breakfast.
After breakfast, we headed to a slum in Cuffe Parade- this experience is very difficult to put into words, and the photos will hopefully give you some insight. It had a profound effect on us all and we loved it. We were visting the totally inspirational Ashok and his OSCAR Foundation, which aims to engage children in the slums through football. It was an awesome experience- we read to and played games with the children and then the girls joined in a football practice at Oval Maidan. Whilst there, I was approached by a group from U TV, an Indian TV channel, who were putting together a music video for Lady Gaga's song 'Baby I was born this way'. The girls and the children from the OSCAR Foundation sang lines from the song, and it will feature on U TV and You Tube in November as part of an interview that she will be doing with Shah Rukh Khan (THE Bollywood star). After all of this (!), we were the guests of Cassem and his lovely family at the Islam Gymkhana on Marine Drive, for a delicious dinner.
Only in Mumbai could you have a day like this!
Today has been our last full day and it is also Diwali. We've had a great day sightseeing around Mumbai and joining in the festivities. We have been to Elephanta Island, the Hanging Gardens, Marine Drive/ Chowpatty and the Jain Temple. We have just been out to see the Diwali fireworks and had a final dinner at Khyber restaurant in Fort, and have also done a serious amount of power shopping. Finally, the girls have just completed reflective interviews of their whole experience. We are all in great spirits- it has been a brilliant week and the girls have been a credit to their families and BACA.
On Friday when we are home will update the blog with a final post and a selection of photos and film clips of the trip.
WE LOVE MUMBAI!
After breakfast, we headed to a slum in Cuffe Parade- this experience is very difficult to put into words, and the photos will hopefully give you some insight. It had a profound effect on us all and we loved it. We were visting the totally inspirational Ashok and his OSCAR Foundation, which aims to engage children in the slums through football. It was an awesome experience- we read to and played games with the children and then the girls joined in a football practice at Oval Maidan. Whilst there, I was approached by a group from U TV, an Indian TV channel, who were putting together a music video for Lady Gaga's song 'Baby I was born this way'. The girls and the children from the OSCAR Foundation sang lines from the song, and it will feature on U TV and You Tube in November as part of an interview that she will be doing with Shah Rukh Khan (THE Bollywood star). After all of this (!), we were the guests of Cassem and his lovely family at the Islam Gymkhana on Marine Drive, for a delicious dinner.
Only in Mumbai could you have a day like this!
Today has been our last full day and it is also Diwali. We've had a great day sightseeing around Mumbai and joining in the festivities. We have been to Elephanta Island, the Hanging Gardens, Marine Drive/ Chowpatty and the Jain Temple. We have just been out to see the Diwali fireworks and had a final dinner at Khyber restaurant in Fort, and have also done a serious amount of power shopping. Finally, the girls have just completed reflective interviews of their whole experience. We are all in great spirits- it has been a brilliant week and the girls have been a credit to their families and BACA.
On Friday when we are home will update the blog with a final post and a selection of photos and film clips of the trip.
WE LOVE MUMBAI!
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