Last Friday P was in Andheri area and we decided to meet up. It was too hot to stay indoors and we were both too broke to waste 60 bucks on weak coffee in fancy cups (we were saving it for beer to be consumed later that evening :p ). So we decided to go to Juhu Chowpatty.

So there we were at Chowpatty on a Friday evening. We and what seemed like half the population of Bombay. It was downright scary. Gingerly we went in and started to walk along the water doing our best not to bump into people swarming 6 inches from us, both cursing ourselves under our breath.

But surprisingly that state of mind lasted for all of 4min. by that time we were totally taken in by the whole energy of the place. The beach was abuzz with life. There were this gas balloons which were shaped like monkeys dotting the whole skyline. Hawkers bugging you to buy everything under the sun. People completely ignoring the filth in the beach and enjoying a swim in the sea. One little girl lost in her own world.

We spent the next two hours there. Finally finding one little spot clean enough to balanced our butts on, nibbling on yummy sweet corn and watching people. I can do that for hours. Just observe people. How they interact with each other, how they behave when they think nobody is watching them. How they were sometimes acting like they were the only one in that beach instead of being one of thousand others like him.

It was amazing. I want to do it again.