"I remind them every day that we came here from the footpath," Parveen says.
The best views are from the footpath around the island, particularly at its most northerly point.
Visitors can walk the flightpath of the plane, a gently sloping route down to the crash site, which is separated from the footpath by a low wall.
While it's not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such "personal transporters", including hoverboards and Segways, are banned from the footpath.
Bhola Ram Patel, who sells cheap hand-made shoes from the footpath nearby, says the BJP has hired the women for 500 rupees ($8 £55) a day.
This banner from the footpath over Connaught Road Central says everyone below could be a hero like Batman.
From Henley the footpath changed to match its upmarket surroundings, and now rather than a tufted trail we were on smooth walkways.
"For me, the city's coming of age was in 1994, when the then-mayor Jim Soorley allowed cafés to put tables and chairs on the footpaths," said Adrian Humphrey from Cooparoo.
In the Matuna area, the streets are bustling, with tiny food stalls frequented by local workers, vendors lining every inch of the footpaths selling anything from Zippo lighters to mobile phones, dozens of hawkers dragging their wares and shouting constantly as they go, and cars permanently beeping in a city centre almost without traffic lights.
Visitors must book a boat crossing from Orford quay and stick to the footpaths.
