An early start to the day brought me to a miracle of organization.--- the Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat. Chances are that if you have had your washing contracted out in Mumbai, as many tens of thousand do in the city, that it has been picked up & transported to this dhobi ghat (meaning--washing place).
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| Washing time at the Mahalaxami dohbi ghat |
Established for over 140 years, this human powered laundry machine is a hive of activity with clothes being rubbed, scrubbed and beaten clean.in over1000 troughs. I am informed that each and every clothes item is retrieved from the process, spun dry and returned neatly packaged to its correct owner.
Today is Mumbai hotel change day for me today---third since arriving and hopefully situated in a worthwhile area on the east side of the peninsula., so just past noon I piled into another taxi and proceeded to the Elphinstone. Located in a rather non-descript area right next to an Indian military base that I mistook for a prison, with its high walls and barbed wire. Rather taken back at the slummy external appearance,
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| Elphinstone Hotel, Mumbai |
crowds of men with apparently not much to do, my accommodation was accessed up a couple of flights of dirty & dark stairs---not as depicted on the internet booking site. However, things improved with the reception area and actual rooms are bright, clean and well appointed.
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