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Travel Blogs from Mumbai (Bombay)
The first couple of days in Mumbai
... we both quite fancied some meat or fish and Mumbai being on the coast seemed to be a good time to try some. The first restaurant we went to however was 1. Empty and 2. Really expensive. Not really by British standards at all but by our budget way too much! So the third time lucky we found a cheaper place full of locals and after a long discussion with the waiter about which items were ‘spicy’ we ordered a prawn gassi (gassi is a tomato and ...
Touring the city of Mumbai
... center of Mumbai, my favourite being the railroad station which has a UNESCO designation as a world heritage site, I could have stared at it for hours.
Next, off to Chowpatty beach, which is at the end of the Marine Walk, this is a public beach about 200-300meters long. There were people milling around, no one in bathing suits or in the water, I guess even though it is 32 degrees here, it is still the tail end of winter here.
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Street scenes - February 2012
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Why This Kolaveri Di
A glimpse of the museum from Rampart Row, the best view at the Kala Ghoda festival indeed!
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Bollywood Superstars
... film?" he asked. We looked at eachother in disbelief. Was this a set up? We thought, was he listening from the booth next to us in the dhaba? But no, it was true! We were to start the next day, meeting outside McDonalds at 8am with other chosen extras!!! We would get paid 500 rupees a day (about £8) and were to be fed 3 meals! BraynBrooks strike again – money and more importantly FREE FOOD! Bollywood here we come!
After a quick day of sightseeing ...
Monsoon 2011 – The Barbet window
... witness the life giving event. People were caught off guard and soon there was chaos everywhere.
My heart filled with emotions and if plugged in a DJ’s music station, it would show a graphical equalizer with the happiness note peaking at the highest.
I asked the world to hit the slow button again and it obeyed. I went running down with no care in the world. Bare feet, I stepped out to do my annual ritual of getting drenched in ...