Mumbai (Bombay)
Travel Blogs from Mumbai (Bombay), India
Bollywood!
... dinner and a club. The restaurant we went to for dinner was supposed to be one of the best places in either Mumbai or India, I don't remember. But I'm pretty sure we went to the wrong place... The food was good, but nothing special, even for ...
Arrived in Mumbai
... was absolutely amazing the chairs reclined fully and they even massaged, the food was one from a first class restaurant. So I arrived in Mumbai in style, probably the last first class experience I'll have for the next 3 months. So I arrived at 3am pretty ...
Mumbai= The Happiest place on earth
... as fast as we could... Which means we spend one day there. -----Mike As you can tell mike is very happy to have spent time in Mumbai. I feel just about the same, but i enjoy life a little more than he does. I saw so much beauty in the pieces of poop ...
How not to book a train ticket in India
... travellers about navigating a train booking in India. The Lonely Planet warns of this, but only in the Delhi section. If you hit Mumbai first, beware it's the same here too. 1. Go to the tourist office, often located upstairs. They can get you a ...
Tuesday 6 January - back to School
... face it, it was Portuguese until fairly recently). I feel as if I've just been home and then suddenly arrived back in Mumbai again. I'd forgotten how DIRTY it is - even the road leading up to the flat looked dreadful. The air is polluted ...
arrive a destination : Mumbai
bonjour a tous... tous d'abord nous tenons a nous excuser car nous avons pas un clavier pas francais, et il n'est pas facile d'ecrire. Pour les puristes, oubliez les accents. L'arrivee fut chaleureuse dans tous les sens du terme. il y ...
Mumbai the day after the attack
28 th November 2008 Bentleys Hotel, Colaba, Mumbai Cloudy, hot and humid Today we woke up a reasonable hour (0930) given that we were in bed asleep at 1030 last night unable to keep our eyes open AGAIN. The room rate (1360 ...
Bandra Beach Resort
I HAVE FOUND A POOL!!!! And its THREE minutes walk from my house!! AND I don't have to be a member, AND I can wear a bikini! OK, so its closed between 12noon and 4pm (I guess this is because the Indians don't want to get dark) but I don't ...
Mumbai/Bombay Colours, Contrasts and Chaos
... powered, and cows. We settled in to the Residency Hotel, a good location and good pick and went out walking the streets of Mumbai. I must mention the shower – what a shock, likely the best pressure we've felt in years and not where we expected to ...
You are from Sweden and you want to visit Goa
... ' en pub igår, drack några öl och träffade trevligt folk från Tyskland och Australien. Det var skönt att ventilera lite, snacka om Mumbai och så. Alla var avundsjuka på att jag skulle stanna i 5 månader. När jag la mig kände jag att fan, Mumbai ...
A Star is Born
I am a star! There I was just a walking down the street singing hey diddy diddy dum diddy da... or something to that effect when I stop to look at the big screen that about a hundred people in the street were looking at. There were TV camera men hanging ...
An Extra
... of McDonalds to get on a bus that takes you to the filming location. This particular location happened to be the Hard Rock Cafe Mumbai (which is very nice) and they huddle you into a room. After sitting around for an hour some guy comes out points at a ...
First day in Bombay
... with scrambled eggs and toast. After breakfast we wandered around the market a bit, bought some fruit and headed into downtown Bombay. It is really difficult to describe the traffic. Fortunately rush hour was long gone, but it still took an ...
Mumbai
... London, hanging out around Buckingham Palace and St. James' Park for a day, and then taking a very delayed flight here to Mumbai. Although a bit overwhelming, the small part of this city that I have experienced has an incredible energy to it. That might ...
Sheep heads, fish guts and a crappy airport
... of the train. Arriving back in our area, Colaba, we headed down to the coast and Chowpatty beach, one of Mumbai's best beaches. The long coast road was lined for kilometres on end with people just hanging out. Fabulous atmosphere and stunning views ...
Morning walk at SGNP 12 September 2009
A late monsoon morning walk at Mumbai's city forest, the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. Pretty monsoon wildflowers and their attendant butterflies were in full form. We also saw a peacock run across the road and a teeny baby langur fall off a ...
Late Spring at the Rani Bagh
... had not yet burst into flower, they must surely have bloomed by now [6/4]. Very rare Strophanthus boivinii tree - only one reported in India. The mali at the zoo nursery has propagated a few more from seed. ...
Day 28: The Mumbai sights
... no point in us all stopping the planned tour of the city so while Rob stayed to administer to Cameron, Vernee continued seeing the Mumbai sights with Francina. First stop, an Indian 'fast food' restaurant called Bombay Blue. In some ways it has all the ...
Quick visit to the Port Trust Gardens at Colaba
A quick visit this morning to the Port Trust Gardens. Here are the ...
Summer's here - the flowers bring cheer!
Summer flowering trees and shrubs are a visual respite to the oppressive Bombay summer! ...
More flora from the Byculla gardens - Feb 2010
More flora and wild birds [not in cages] from the Byculla zoo botanical gardens ...
Day 27: You say Bombay, I say Mumbai ...
... and Go, Diego Go! - a universally popular choice which resulted in a very quiet restful time for his parents. Mumbai is the biggest city in India and feels like it. The wide roads are bumper to bumper with cars, lorries and bikes - although sadly for ...
Day 29: Bollywood, here we come!
... fairly convinced this route wasn't on the standard tourist trail but we were grateful to Prasad for showing us another side of Mumbai. Bollywood is made up of many dozens of small studios - quite different from Hollywood's dominance by only a handful. ...
More flora from the botanic gardens at the zoo
Some more pretty flowers from the heritage gardens at the Byculla zoo, ...
Random Mumbai
... , "Don’t do that crappy tour". He said his name was Terrance and that he offered daily tours through different parts of Mumbai. At first, and as always, we were skeptical, but then he pulled out a book full of testimonials from people all over the ...
First Day in Mumbai
... no street or traffic signs, the streets are crazy. So we always had a driver. We headed down to the southern tip of Mumbai, to Chowpatty Beach, on the Arabian Sea. Our first stop was the Gateway to India. for more inof check ...
Arrival in India
The flight to Bombay left around 18:30, and took 4 hours or so. Due to the time change it didn't arrive in Bombay (now called Mumbai) until about 01:30 on Wednesday. I went through formalities without a problem and prepaid for a taxi into the Taj Mahal ...
Another spring visit to the zoo botanic gardens
Determined to enjoy the best of spring, I made another trip to the zoo this morning, Sunday 22 March 2009. The weather was still pleasant, veering to warm when out of the shade. The Saraca Asokas were in full glorious bloom as were the Lignum ...
Bombay, la ville aux milles visages
Bombay, ou Mumbai maintenant, est une ville fascinante qui renferme le "pire" et le "meilleur". D'un côté, on a le quartier colonial où les anglais ont laissé des constructions luxueuses, magnifiques, tels l'Université de Mumbay, la ...
