After they ate, they all went out to explore the city. They went to the Queen's Theater in the evening to see the film Skin Deep . After the movie, Baba and the mandali returned to their ship by ferry.
They drove through Kowloon the next day. Met there by Rustom S. Pestonji, a friend of Mr. Desai's, Baba and the mandali were taken to Pestonji's house. After an hour's drive around the town, they returned to the Kaiser-i-Hind and continued their voyage.
They arrived in Singapore at 7:00 A.M. on 6 July. After driving around the city in a taxi, they went to see the movie Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Capital Cinema. Then they had dinner at the Madras Café and returned to the ship at 11:00 P.M.
A second day was spent in Singapore and they left for Colombo in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] on the 8th. They docked at Penang on the 9th, where Baba got off and visited two shrines — the Buddha and Snake temples.
Baba and the mandali arrived in Colombo, the capital of Ceylon, at 8:00 A.M. on 13 July, where they got off and sent telegrams to Adi Sr. and Naoroji Dadachanji. In Colombo, they drove around the city in a taxi.
After two days at sea, Baba and the mandali landed in Bombay at 11:45 P.M. on Friday, 15 July 1932. Baba, Chanji, Kaka, Gustadji and Adi Jr. went to Naoroji's house at Rustom Bagh, Byculla, while Jalbhai, Beheram and Pendu spent the night on the ship. The women mandali staying in Nasik had arrived by train with Freiny and Masaji, and were overjoyed to see their Beloved Lord again. Baba especially wished to see Mehera and tell her about his world tour.
Adi Sr., Buasaheb, Ramjoo, Raosaheb and Vishnu had come from Nasik by car and also met Baba at Naoroji's.1 Gulmai was there too. Sailor, Sidhu and Chhagan met Baba the next morning. Baba was planning on returning to Europe on the same ship, so he spent that day giving each of the men and women mandali instructions.
Footnotes
- 1.Adi Sr. had been running the Circle Cinema in Nasik, since Buasaheb's announcement in May 1932 that he intended to return to Persia.