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Mumbai: love it or hate it, you just can't ignore it

When you land at a city you have spent only six hours in before in your life and yet know exactly where the bathroom is in the airport you know that you have been spending too much time travelling. Especially given the fact that you can't turn on a fan in your own office without putting all the lights on. Well, that is the life of a sports journalist. The latest issue of the travelling cricket circus takes us to Mumbai where the visiting South Africans take on the Indian Board President's XI in a warm up game leading to the actual series. After a day of less than spectacular cricket my fellow traveler Babu and I found our way back to our hotel room. [More]