My Head Trip in Mumbai, India.
“India has a hair fetish” writes ABC broadcaster Sarah Macdonald in her subcontinent travelogue, Holy Cow (Broadway Books). “Every Sunday the parks are full of girls sitting in a circle massaging oil into each other’s scalps, and the salons buzz to the sound of hair dryers.” On the streets of Mumbai, India’s financial and glamour capital, there are makeshift barber shops on the footpath and girls in bright kurtas push past with liquorice locks.
By Felicity Loughrey
Categories India, Mumbai, Spa breaks
Destination Mumbai, India
Travelling around Mumbai I would opt for the black-and-yellow taxis. They are mostly old Fiats that aren’t made anymore. They feel like dodgem cars crammed across lanes of traffic and not obeying any road rules as far as I could tell. Most cabs are without rear vision mirrors and seatbelts. But nevermind, just about every vehicle has a shrine on the dashboard.
By Felicity Loughrey
Categories India, Mumbai
