Flight of the Bumblebee

It has been a whirlwind couple of days adjusting to the sights, smells, and sounds of Mumbai. Everything we had heard about the Mumbai experience has been verified walking the streets of this overcrowded city. More time than I care to admit has been spent looking out of our 4th floor hotel window onto the activity on the street below. Pedestrians, bicycles, motorycles, cars and busses....along with the ubiquitous yellow and black taxi cab move harminously to a frantic 'flight of the bumblebee'. We have not yet figured out the rhythm as we awkardly run to the other side of the busy street taking our own lives in our hands....only to look back and see locals casually strolling between the busses and taxis, all the while the horns are going announcing, 'I'm right here!' or 'Coming up on your right!' The traffic is such a unique experience unto itself--whether inside one of the black and yellow taxis...or watching from the sidewalk.