Mother

Who can manage to lose her bags, get locked out on a fire escape, surprise the hotel painters and see a crocodile all on her first day? Yup, my mother :) I went to the airport to pick her up and no mother. When her arrival fell off the board I started to get a little nervous. Then when my driver asked, should we try the hotel, I got really nervous. I had visions of my mother wandering Mumbai alone. Finally I got a call from her using the baggage claim worker's mobile. They had lost her bags and she was filling out paperwork. Eventually, she did emerge and we made it back to the hotel. While I was at work, she came up with a plan to get a walk in my exiting one floor via the fire escape, going down a level and walking all the way across the floor to the other fire escape, etc. It wasn't until the door closed that she realized the fire escape doesn't open from the outside! She was eventually able to get in a few floors down where the door wasn't completely shut.

Next, as she was taking a nap in her PJs, she was awoken by painters directly outside her window. After covering up, she waited until their backs were turned before closing the curtains. She did get a fright though.

Finally, on a walk she saw what I have been trying for a month to see, a crocodile in Powai Lake. It was apparently a big one but the water buffalo didn't seem to be afraid nor the people paddling in the lake. One of these days, I hope to see the crocodile myself.