![]() ![]() We come up by train from the white-hot beaches of neighboring Goa along the coast of West India. We are on our way to Indian jail.ĭays earlier we arrive in Mumbai in good spirits. Locals peer in at us to catch a glimpse of the captives. Tom and I are in the back of one of the wagons, staring forlornly out of the barred window. Like a caravan of camels, the motorcade of police cars and wagons snakes slowly through the meandering alleys of Dharavi, the world’s largest slum. The following extract is translated from her new book The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me, and describes a particularly perilous episode when the two had a run-in with the local police. ![]() ![]() Their journey turned into the adventure of a lifetime and led Hong to a write a book charting the experience. Author Hong Mei and photographer Tom Carter spent a year travelling across India. ![]()
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