OK, so it wasn't quite this bad Mary!

This morning I (Nathaniel) was involved in a car crash, I knew it would happen one day because the taxi drivers belt around the streets of Mumbai like formula one drivers on speed, the traffic is crazy here.  I am fine, just a very sore neck.  All 6ft4" doesn't quite fit into the small taxis of insufficient room so as we skidded and hit the car coming towards us I jolted forward which caused my head wedge on the roof of the car thus stopping me from shooting out of the window Eddy la Eagle Edwards style.  The driver just laughed and kissed his dashboard Hindu Shrine three times but the man who he crashed into got really irrate (his bonnet was smoking) and starting trying to hit him through the window.

This is the least of my worries however as when I got out of the taxi a cyclist carrying a bunch of live chickens in both hands swerved to avoid the collision, fell off his bike and let about five chickens fly straight into my face, not really helping with the whole neck injury and maybe giving me the H5N1 strain of bird flu...

Today is the Hindu festival of Diwali (The Festival of Light). The whole of Mumbai is covered in millions of lanterns and lights and looks very glam.  Mumbai is on high alert after the bombings in Delhi, so the huge explosions of fireworks and firecrackers set off by kids in the streets are not the most reasurring of sounds and make me duck for cover each time.  Mumbai is quite a cool place to be though and there is so much to do here, the people are really friendly.  Last night I strolled down Chowpatty Beach and had a massage by a malish-wallah as I looked up to the stars and listened to the roaring ocean.  This is 'kinda' the life!