Saturday, June 26, 2004

Day 3- The Queen Age,穿梭維多利亞時代


前一天經歷了跑錯航廈,錯過班機,等候補…一連串的驚險的小插曲之後,終於在當晚順利抵達孟買(Mumbai)--愚者計劃中的第一站。


早上,在麻雀和烏鴉的聒噪聲中醒來,這一次愚者住的Apollo Guest House,座落在一條懿靜的巷子裡,暫時脫離了汽車喇叭聲。


Apollo Guest House位於觀光客最常出沒的Colaba區,是由一間百年英式公寓的其中一戶改建而成的民宿。其實也沒怎麼沒怎麼改,而且還欠整修管理,醜醜舊舊的家具、因壁癌而斑剝且佈有蜘蛛絲的牆壁,還有濕臭的霉味,好像從1920年以後就沒動過似的。若要說有改,大概就是加了一台愚者實在搞不清楚該怎麼用的冷氣在headboard(床頭板?)的上方吧…好奇怪的位置。但從她講究的拼花地磚、彩繪壁磚和維多利亞式的建築外觀,不難看出她當年也曾經輝煌過。


原本自願要帶愚者逛逛孟買的網友SJ,在沒有任何通知的情況下放愚者鴿子了。由於為了等他而虛度了一個早上的光陰,愚者只能利用下午到附近繞繞,幸好雙面靠海的Colaba區本身就是觀光區,不需要交通時間就有很多東西可以看。


殖民時代的孟買就是第一商業大港,她的外觀就在那時候被改造得完全像是個英國的城市。但經過印度獨立,和都市現代化,一部份的孟買已經高樓林立,看起來像個現代都市。唯獨Colaba區的外觀,似乎就一直停留在維多利亞時代。每一棟建築都是藝術,任何一間房子都是古蹟,繁複的雕花窗台和仿古羅馬柱,在在訴說當年那個華麗的輝煌年代。有趣的是這些老的可以當博物館的古董房子絕大部分的都還在使用中,有人在從陽台俯瞰街景,有人煮飯洗衣曬棉被,小孩的哭聲,鄰居串門子聊天的聲音…真真實實的生活就在這一棟棟的博物館裡上演著。



除了一棟棟藝術古蹟,還有印度人沒有明確的時代感的衣著,加上路上的車子又差不多是1950年的樣式,交織起來的奇異氣氛讓愚者感覺像走進時光隧道脫離了2004年,不知道闖到哪個時代的哪裡去了。在這裡,比上海更能超脫現實,感受殖民時代的氣氛。


從旅館走路約10分鐘就可以到the Gateway of India 和Taj Mahal Hotel,沿路上看到不少像Apollo Guest House這種老公寓改建的民宿,其中有不少看起來管理得還不錯。如果是白天抵達,其實可以好好逛逛再決定要住哪間古董呢!




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