First trip to Mumbai from Vadodara by road

 Start around 9.30 am from home. 45 minutes later, near Karjan, a biker veers into our lane, we brake, hit the bike, bike in splits, biker on the road, traffic halts. Our car's smashed and I still can't get over the fact that the biker walked, unscathed. Toddler wonders why car is not moving. He has never heard the word accident, until this moment. Mob gathers but dissipates after news of a huge explosion in Vadodara trickles in. We wait for another car, while the toddler runs to the swings in a foodcourt. A dosa brekkie, a late lunch at Burger King in Valsad and Christmas Eve traffic jams from Dahisar to Powai, it has been an 11-hour journey to home after 2 years. The toddler squeals with excitement when he sees his Dida 😘