Hotel Oasis
Travel Blogs from Mumbai (Bombay)
Mumbai - What a disappointment!
28.1.11
What can we say about Mumbai? A complete disappointment! I know I was expecting so much of this city. On arriving we were ripped off straight away! The taxi driver insisted that the meter is law to use and we thought that was Ok, but he had obviously printed off a different list of the meter reading and the corresponding cost and he …
Mumbai
Arriving night Feb. 6.-7., check in at hotel Oasis just nearby Victoria Terminus train st. or Chatrapati Shivaji.
Mumbai...culture shock!
Feb 2nd We arrived in Mumbai early in the morning and took a prepaid taxi straight to Colaba (the touristy bit of town) It was a very scary 1 1/2 hr taxi ride and we had lots of begger putting there hand inside the car. As we got out of the taxi everyone was staring at us, we are now used to this but it was really unsettling at the time. We …
Peace and Quiet in Mumbai
Hugh: We've learnt on our travels that whenever taking public transport it is a good idea to befriend some locals. On our train to Mumbai this proved correct again. On the platform waiting for our train (which was late as usual) we got chatting to some Indian students who had been in Goa on a break from their studies. I had a passable cricket …
Mmmmm Mumbai...
We spent about 5 days in Mumbai and to our absolute shame didn't eat Indian once. We certainly meant to but conveniently had my Delhi Belly as an excuse and then just got carried away with the delights of proper 'Continental' food. Embarrassingly we even stooped as low as ordering Subway to be delivered to our hotel. One night we reserved a table …