Travel Blogs from Mumbai, India
a week in Mumbai avec ma maman
After the usual 4h sleep on the train - the "sleeper class" is clearly a misleading name -, I arrived in Mumbai early morning... that's when a cup of chai taste the best. It is such a clean city compare to every other ones I've seen in India, with ...
Mumbai airport - a long night
... to Bangalore. Then I settled in for a long night in the domestic section, much newer than the international one, of the Mumbai airport. Simon, a Mexican guy sitting next to me on the flight from Paris, was also en route to Bangalore. His flight was at ...
Eagle has Landed
I had managed to disregard the fact that at the end of the flight I would be arriving in India, alone. I had a great time watching terrible movies, eating better curry than I get at home, generally messing about and fidgeting a great deal. The horrible ...
Gateway to Panic
... me but quoted me an astronomical sum (£2.50 or something) so I refused. I was determined that I could crack this. I would see something of Mumbai before the night was out. But, I couldn’t. I could not get a bloody taxi… so I got one of the ...
For The Love of God, Get Me Water.
... less faint I ventured out, deciding to just check out the street I am on rather than throwing myself into down-town Mumbai straight away. I needed a pharmacy for toothpaste and rather more optimistically clove oil. I found both. Then the need for clean ...
Since we last wrote
... in various types of boats, & Charley's birthday!!! We left Nepal on the 6th & arrived in India!! We have just spent the last few days in Mumbai and are leaving on a night train tonight to the town of Hampi in the state of Karnataka. We seriously ...
Mumbai: a city of madness
... in this city is disgusting, a real national shame. It's an absolute joke that, alongside with Bangalore, Mumbai is the industrial and technological powerhouse of India and yet families are starving on the sides of roads.Could they not set up food stalls ...
India and Nepal with Paul - 1
... "Marijuanaaaaaa". This chap was one of the main reasons we left Mumbai so quickly. It took us about 6 hours to find the Mumbai train station and about 20 air-conditioned hours to get to Jodpur in Rajistan. We arrived very hot (despite the A/C) and ...
Today we went shopping around the taj hotel ...
... and going across the Arabian Sea. Our room on the 18th floor couldn't be any better. I think for the American traveler Mumbai is quite a comfortable place. There are far more middle and upper class people. You could easily stay in the wealthier ...
