Mumbai is the largest city in India so we needed to go and see it. I spoiled us by booking us in at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel which is considered one of the best hotels in the world, let alone India. We were greeted with a blessing of good health and fortune:
Our hotel:
Mumbai was not what we were expecting at all. It is about double the size of Bangalore with 11 million people so we were thinking that it was going to be crazy. I don’t know if it is because we are desensitized to the noise and busyness of India that we found it so calm. Rickshaws have been banned in the heart of the city due to pollution and too many accidents so that takes away a lot of the buzz.
There are not very many tourist attractions in Mumbai other than the city itself. The British influence is still felt in the look and structure of a lot of the city, it is just unfortunately really run down.
Here are some kids playing marbles on Chowpatty beach:
We also visited the Elephanta Caves. This is an hour boat ride from the gateway of India to an island. It has lot of temple caves. These were impressive as they were not as detailed but much more grand in their height and size from the Badami caves.
We really lucked out that even though it is monsoon season, we only got rain on our boat ride home from the caves and on Monday on the way to the airport.
Mumbai was not what we were expecting at all. It is about double the size of Bangalore with 11 million people so we were thinking that it was going to be crazy. I don’t know if it is because we are desensitized to the noise and busyness of India that we found it so calm. Rickshaws have been banned in the heart of the city due to pollution and too many accidents so that takes away a lot of the buzz.
There are not very many tourist attractions in Mumbai other than the city itself. The British influence is still felt in the look and structure of a lot of the city, it is just unfortunately really run down.
The Gateway to India:
The Arabian Sea which makes a little bay called the Queen‘s necklace:
A slum about a five minute walk from our hotel, we find that the contrast between classes here is extreme. I am not sure that there is anywhere else that you go from 5 star to slum so quickly.
Here are some kids playing marbles on Chowpatty beach:
We really lucked out that even though it is monsoon season, we only got rain on our boat ride home from the caves and on Monday on the way to the airport.
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