| Page Views: 1,197 Last Visit to Mumbai: August, 2006 I Was Born Here | Salaam Bombay! by Escadora7 - last update: Sep 17, 2006 |
Aaaah - Mumbai... | Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus |
...such a bustling city - always movement and always people. Home of more than 12 Million "Mumbaikers"; hub of Bollywood and movie-stars; city of rikshaws and yellow-black taxis, people hanging out of trains, and smiling faces in slum-dwellings. You will find overfattened stray-dogs, starving people, potholes the size of a volcanic crater, cows sitting on the middle of roads, pet goats roped to lampposts on the sidewalk and a colorful mix of ethnic and western dresses left, right and center. One is amazed at the close proximity of slums and luxury, interspersed with Hindu temples, Christian churches, and Muslim mosques. There seems to be at least one festival or religious celebration each week, and if you are lucky, you'll witness a miracle (we "witnessed" 2 in our last 2 week stay).
Oh yeah - and best of all: Mumbai is the birth-place of Ashley.
:-)
Enough chatter ... time to take you down the narrow bylanes of the city, where our adventures in Mumbai begin!! |
|  | Mumbai-fact sheet Area: 440 Sq.Kms.
Altitude: Sea Level
Temperature (in deg. Celcius):
Summer: 22.7 to 33.3
Winter: 19.4 to 29.5
Rainfall: 212 cm (June to Sept - Monsoon season)
Population: 12,596,000
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pchamlis Sat Apr 4, 2009 02:16 UTC
Interesting page, A & E. India is an amazing place, isn't it? We made our first visit to India back in October. Writing my VT pages was fun - like reliving the trip. :) My best from Florida. | PierreZA Thu Jan 29, 2009 08:00 UTC
A very nice page and impression of one ofmy favourite cities! | Stephen-KarenConn Mon Nov 12, 2007 13:02 UTC
Excellent tips on an exotic destination I'd love to visit. The traffic sounds frightening. | themajor Tue Feb 13, 2007 23:05 UTC
Excellent tips chaps! Just the sort of descriptive detail I love. Next time you pass the Bollywood studios would you mind putting in a word for me? If anyone can play a moustache twirling British villain, it's me! I have my own solatopi at the ready... |
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