Mumbai, India Travel Blogs

Mumbai to Ahmedabad
Nov 18, 2006 (9 photos)

... plays cricket and football. Great atmosphere. I just couldnt resist, joined in a game of football and scored the volley of volleys. Mumbai is great but dirt, litter and pollution are a major negative. I reckon spending longer than a week here could be bad ...

Mumbai Mia!
Feb 6, 2009 (6 photos)

... good thing so i can - like today - get up early and go look around a museum for a few hours then follow the 3 hour mumbai Walking tour. Pictures of which will follow as soon as is humanly possible. What else? I think that's about it really. I tried to ...

Floral delights at the Bombay Zoo at Byculla
Mar 10, 2009 (45 photos)

... Zoo at Byculla or the Jijamata Udyan, formerly the Victoria Gardens, hosts a splendid variety of rare and unique [for Mumbai] flora. The appalling condition of the hapless caged animals is another story, however the zoo is and hopefully will remain a ...

Mum-bollywood
Jul 28, 2007 (14 photos)

We got the train down to Mumbai the next day - a gruelling 24hours and the train was 4hours late! Mumbai was really beautiful and has a really European feel. Its almost a mix between Paris and Rome with the hecticness of New York and India on the streets. ...

Random Pictures Around Versova Neighborhood
Nov 24, 2005 (8 photos)

Here are some random pictures that I've taken just around our neighborhood and at AVNI, our work....

Bombay Dreams
Sep 25, 2009

We were in the flight in time and reached Mumbai in about 2 hrs. We then took a taxi to the marina drive which broke down half way and hence we took another taxi . paid almost 350 bucks for it.  Took a few pics of the Taj and the gateway of India.. ...

Mumbai, Magic Lecture and The Indian Derby
Feb 5, 2008 (17 photos)

... , we liked him immediately.  We just could not live in this city. Dublin folks..never complain about the traffic there again...Mumbai is NUTS!!! So crowded and sitting in traffic is very much a huge part of your life here. As we drove through the ...

Maximum City
May 3, 2006 (10 photos)

... ethnicities! In Bombay you can find excellent examples of Goan, Bengali, Punjabi et al the myriad other regional cuisines of India. A doctor friend of Raj's told me that heart disease and obesity were problems in Bombay, a stark and suprising contrast to ...

Bombay
Feb 22, 2007 (5 photos)

I did a walking tour of the city starting at the Gateway of India, took in the architecture of Churchgate and Victoria Train stations, fountains, parks, and some old buildings including a really cool library with a reading balcony that has big comfy chairs ...

Bombastic last day in India
May 24, 2009

... the sterility of the airport and the doors closed, we were immediately shut off from heat and the energy that is India. I experienced a definite sense of sadness to be leaving this mad but captivating place behind - an emotion I certainly wouldn't have ...

Monkeys
Jan 12, 2009

Monkeys are amazing!  I went to Elephanta Island today with my new flatmates.  We went to see some Hindu temples that are bloody old.  The temples were OK - I took some photos but the monkeys were hilarious!  There are hundreds of them ...

All the hassle of a big city without the funny
Oct 12, 2008 (10 photos)

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The Gate of India
Feb 5, 2008 (18 photos)

... driving down the city towards Mumbai CST, also formally known as Victoria Station. Driving is of course a very complex thing in Mumbai, where there is a practical state of chaos looming all over the city and cars are just forcing their way all over the ...

Bombay at Rush Hour
Feb 22, 2006

... judging by the debris and other trash I could see on the tracks, it wasn't a recommendation I was too thrilled about. But in India, you adjust. So I jumped on to the tracks and scurried across as quickly as I could, trying not to think about what I just ...

Back to the Madding Crowd
Oct 25, 2009 (1 photos)

... ( includes Hong Kong in it) at a street stall nearby. We checked the internet also and confirmed our accommodation in Hong Kong. Mumbai is full of dreadfully disabled beggars and poor non disabled all with their hands out to us. I won’t miss this ...

Day 11: Gateway to India
Apr 25, 2006 (10 photos)

... of Divya's (Arun's fiancée) friends for dinner. We ate at Bombay Blue and nice classic restaurant with modern touch. The traffic in Mumbai is really bad. A normal 45mins trip took us 2 hrs and a bit. Most things are closed on Monday in Mumbai. So that ...

landed.
Mar 17, 2008 (1 photos)

After some incredible last minute inefficient packing i've arrived in Mumbai. The flight was pretty incredible, menus, complimentary cocktails, lots of legroom, and seemingly more staff then passengers.  Landed at five past midnight, as Alice, my ...

where the streets have too many names
Jan 6, 2006

... happened on the way back to Colaba, but we got lost in a different area. I suppose I saw more of the non-tourist's Mumbai than I would have if I'd relied on a taxi. Spending some time in Singapore gave me some warning of the chaos of Mumbai. The roads ...

change of pace
Jan 29, 2007 (5 photos)

... a pretty tight airplane seat.  Next time I'll get an aisle seat.  Couldn't see much out the window anyway. I am in Mumbai.  Very close to the airport in the same hotel I was in before.  Actually this is also the same internet cafe I ...

Day 3, Mumbai - Now who wants my Autograph?
Sep 14, 2008 (3 photos)

... bus journey takes us and a dozen other westerners to Mehboob studios, one of the biggest in the industry. The journey crosses Mumbai, and skirts the slum, the biggest in Asia, containing more than 1m people. Corrugated shacks are piled atop each ...

Mumbai
Jan 7, 2008

... ; But I am having a incredible time.  So far, I have to say, everything is beyond my expectations.  I landed in Mumbai after midnight, but everything went smoothly.  Got my luggage, paid for the cab, found the cab, woke up the driver, etc.& ...

Mumbai, Lonavla and Christmas
Dec 18, 2006 (15 photos)

... nobody cared about either and seemed happy to wish Ms Elizabath (yes 'bath') a good journey. In Mumbai I met Candy, an Australian girl who found India so overwhelming she cried for 3 days then got a flight to London in time for Christmas. This was a ...

Aurangabad to Mumbai - country to city
Feb 4, 2008 (6 photos)

... a few roaches, too, btw, but unlike some establishments (such as Kinkaids) reporting a roach will not get one a free dessert.   Mumbai was the final stop on the train route, which was helpful b/c we didn't have to continuously watch & try to ...

Mumbai - Day 1
Feb 5, 2008 (16 photos)

... ; Across the street is a cricket stadium.  Down the road we can see the Arabian sea just a block away.  Because Mumbai is a modern metropolitan city, and our side wraps in a big curve along the water way, the entire city reminds me much more ...

Mumbai - Day 2
Feb 6, 2008 (8 photos)

... a cinema (it shows one Bollywood movie at 12:30, only one b/c they last many hours) University of Mumbai, Churchgate train station, a clocktower, and the High Court, a beautiful Victorian building.   We had bought some bottled ...

My first week at school!
Oct 17, 2008

Sunday 12 October   Just had really cool day!  Went to the Otter's Club with the Parsi guy.  It was the most beautiful pool over looking the sea and the rubbish dump.....er, sorry, the beach.  No less than 3 diving boards (the ...

Train,planes and curiosities
May 14, 2009

Have booked the train to Delhi. The main train station is architecturally stunning and very 'old India' look and feel. Think old white pompous englishmen with Indian servants and you'll get the idea of the outside of the place. Buy inside but found the ...

Part I - A Whiz-Bang Trip to the Land of Bollywood
Mar 7, 2008 (14 photos)

... during my fellowship, and with me living so far away, I figured that I'd have to just come back to India another time to see Mumbai. However, as luck would have it, I got just that opportunity during my fellowship's week-long midpoint retreat which took ...

Bollywood Star
Sep 12, 2003 (2 photos)

For the first time in ages I had a nice straightforward journey down to Mumbai from Mt. Abu. After generally just lounging around for the first day, a group of us went to check out Elephanta Island, which is a short boat-ride away from the bay. The ...

And so it begins....
Jul 24, 2005

And so it begins....I landed in Mumbai last night after over two weeks of city-hopping all around the world. From Chicago to London, to Amsterdam and back, I definitely took the scenic route in getting here. But I can safely say, I am here. I arrived to ...