Mumbai International Airport

There is a free shuttle to the Domestic terminal, which was not apparent until after we had been ushered out of the terminal and had to re-enter (to the chagrin of SECURITY), to locate said shuttle, which that night was a rather "dark" operation in which the bus driver solicited tips for the baggage handlers and himself... (NOTE that the shuttle in the opposite direction was much more official, and you had to take a number to get a seat on the scheduled shuttles. Of course the numbers issued and who was let on what shuttle when was ultimately irrelevant, but it all occurred quickly and without extortion... Also NOTE that while I did hear of one young traveler who was charged 2,200R for a taxi between said terminals, the fare should be about 100R.) We spent several hours at the mosquito-ridden and un-air-conditioned domestic terminal before catching a 6:00am Deccan flight to Dabolim Airport in Goa. (NOTE: while at least one International Airport terminal is air-conditioned, this was its only notable improvement over the domestic terminal: it had one (or two?) "eateries"/Cyber cafes which served nasty micro-waved food, and one aptly named "Clipper" Bar which sold Johnnie Walker scotch for $30USD a shot!!!:-(On this lower-level floor - which you are only allowed into 3 hours before departure - there are nice reclining chairs and a HUGE Duty-Free shop WHICH WAS EMPTY AND CLOSED, probably at the *behest* of the knick-knack, memorabilia and tobacco venders on the first floor...) ALSO NOTE: SECURITY at the terminals is very heavy: once allowed to enter you are supposed to remain inside and will have to beg the guards to let you out for a smoke. Aviation security is even more strict - a multi-level and thorough affair during which you will be scanned, poked and prodded repeatedly, and your shoes given a GOOD going over by two separate people!)

The one hour long $60 (with TAXES) Deccan flight to Dabolim was fine, and we took a taxi for 750 Rupees to Anjuna (though we could have taken three busses - one ’express’ from Vasco da Gama to Margoa which stops outside the Dabolim airport gates, then ostensibly another bus to Panaji, and another to Anjuna, all for less than 100 Rupees).