Elephanta Caves Elephanta Island

Ben: Well, today we were feeling slightly better, although a little bit unwell, we wanted to make the most of the last full day of our trip so we endeavoured to see the Elephanta Caves. We started off by catching a cab to a veg falafel place that we saw yesterday and that looked great, and the food was pretty good. After filling our bellies we …

Spend two days here after THE best train journey I have ever taken - the Rajdhani Express train from Delhi. It costs the same as a flight, but you are treated to an array of food and are pampered all the way.

In Mumbai I took in some of the sights including the Gateway of India and The Elephanta Caves. the latter being the most …

Well, we survived the Mumbai madness!

On Thursday we had a walk to the train station to book our tickets for Goa on Friday. The train station was mayhem! people sitting allover the place. A Indian lady came to our rescue, must have been the puzzled look on our faces, she helped us to find the tourist ticket booth. The train tickets cost us …

We were glad to be back in Mumbai or Bombay as the locals still call it. I've wanted to come here ever since I read Shantaram, and seeing as we had a bad experience when we first arrived here a few weeks ago, we wanted to try it again.

This time we had no probs, pretty much. For starters we treated ourselves to a much nicer (and more …

Day Two - Mumbai


Humid and steamy in Mumbai today!!

This morning I organised with my driver to take me to see an Indian laundry, which apparently is the largest in the country. So many pits with people washing clothes, hospital sheets, etc. Afterwards went by and visited the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is a UNESCO World …

Today we headed to the train station to book tickets to Agra. We only brought one passport with us though so the man explained we would need to book online, and so we were brought to the internet.

In India the internet consisted of a man behind a stall pushing buttons on a very old keyboard. The computerman asked what we wanted, …

Mumbai

So unfortunately i get hit by a bit of Mumbai belly but it omly lasts a couple of days and i am not sick- so all good

So Mumbai the city of Bollywood is even more manic then the rest of India. Always having to watch out for the crazy rickshaw drivers and motorbikes weaving in and out - however i do enjoy the buzz of the …

Looking at the display showing my flight route from Hong Kong to Mumbai, I notice how it crosses several of the countries I've traveled in since December. I am feeling an odd sense of sadness leaving this part of the continent. And especially, to be leaving HK where I had a blast and felt I had fully arrived back in civilization. Before I return …

My time in Mumbai was a complete blur, I've been trying to live as fast as this city moves. Despite my pretty admirable efforts I don't think I can quite claim to have succeeded. Mumbai is Chaos. Total, perfect, madness and its all the better for it. The smells and colours change so quickly and so drastically literally in the space of a few paces …

24 March, Elephanta Island Our second and last day in Mumbai. We met our driver early so we could head to Elephanta Island, home to the Elephanta Caves. We took a boat ride packed with families with children, newlyweds and other tourists. The steps that lead up to the caves were lined with little tables covered in the usual assortment of tourist …

Elephanta - Day trip to Elephanta Island and Caves A visiting twelve year old niece [t'w'eenager according to her Dad], provided the impetus to re-visit the UNESCO heritage site of Elephanta, after close to forty years! Brief description: The Elephanta ...

Visited the Elephanta Caves which are situated on a little island about an hours ferry ride from Mumbai. Not much is known about the but date between 2BC through to about 7 century. Large caves with carving of Indians gods and pillars cut ...

I visited Elephanta Island, which is home to the Elephanta Caves, which is a World Heritage Site.  The island is off the coast of Mumbai, about an hour by ferry.  As soon as I got off the ferry, this tour guide approached me, and he took me ...