victorian

hmm. bombay seems to be the most post-victorian colonial city that I have visited so far. all these brown people everywhere but they speak english as primary language, dress like americans and sit round in coffee shop chains that try to be like starbucks (bright, clean, poncy drinks menu with plain coffee hidden way in the depths, 802.11b). In fact the whole city is clean - only once have I almost stepped in crap. There were a bunch of people playing cricket on one of the Maidans earlier - at one point I even picked up the ball and threw it, and even better it actually arrived on target... luckily they did not chase me down to play, otherwise my secret would have been revealed.