Barely able to walk one block from our hotel without being harassed by police, we venture up north. I've been wanting to check out Aer for a while now, a somewhat-still new rooftop bar at the top of the Four Seasons Hotel. On the 34th floor, the 360 degree view of Bombay is incredible... although it also exemplifies the stark contrasts that is characteristic of Bombay: sipping champagne on top of a world-class restaurant...looking out into the slums below and high-rises under construction along the Arabian Sea.
And in the smallest of world coincidences, we ran into one of our friends from the Hyderabad good 'ole days, Paul, in the hotel lobby. Now living in New York, he talks about wanting to move back to India, while I long for New York... ah, the human inability to be happy just where one is.
The energy and pulse of the city seem to be embodied in the millions of lights below... and just as we're leaving, we're treated to a post-Diwali display of fireworks that would make any Indian proud.
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