Mumbai Travel Blogs - Page 3

Sightseeing Mumbai is home to many old ornate public buildings left over by the British. eg. railway stations, government offices, courthouses etc.  Our most memorable sight though is Dhoby Ghat where much of the city's commercial laundering takes place.  Soiled linen from all over tow…

at last arrived India.  As the pilot was announcing our arrival to Mumbai India, I was trying to get a glimpse of Mumbai from the plane.  I could see lights across the country, the piece of land covered with glittering lights somehow looks really vast, at a point where I was confused…

Hey ! I'm in Mumbai !!! For the first time, my flight arrived in the morning, so I was able to get, quite literally, a birds'eye view. The amazing view of what some call a slum or a shanty-town which exists next to the airport runways in Mumbai. Amazing - it's vast takes on " a city within a city "…

India isn’t like anywhere else in the world. Cows leisurely patrol the streets, monkeys steal fruit from street vendors, and then there are the people that inhabit this vast land. Something like 600 Million Indians live under the poverty line, and this became quickly evident on the hour drive thr…

Na een emotioneel afscheid op Schiphol van familie en vrienden vlogen we eerst naar Helsinki, dat was een zeer aangename vlucht meer als genoeg been ruimte en ik had 3 stoelen voor mij alleen. Door deze zee aan ruimte kon ik heerlijk liggen en heb dus nog even geslapen. Het vliegveld van Helsinki w…

The Airport at Mumbai is pretty standard as far as airports go on the Sub-Continent. The air con is overstretched but everyone seems happy.Watch out for false information on the luggage retrieval - I was directed to carousel 6 waited for 15 minutes watching bags and then was told the London flight …

I didn't get enough of India this year.. so I'm going back. This time to see some of the north. I'm counting down the days!!!

Slept well, had set my alarm for 10.00am to catch breakfast. Bloody hot out there today.  Got back to romm after an omelette for breakfast (not quite ready for the spicy stuff just yet!) and went for a little nap, just dozing off before getting woken up by workmen right outside the door - grea…

It was my first trip with Lonely Planet. And it was really awesome:)

First time backpacking, went from Sydney to India, then to Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and finally went back home after about 5 months. Amazing trip, met loads of beautiful people and places all along the way.

Apollo pier is called the Gateway of India. It was built in the memory of the late King George V and Queen Mary to commensurate their visit in December 1911. special launch service is available to go from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves. Prince of Wales Museum Built in 1914, the museum has an Art section besides Archaeological and natural history sections. Paintings of Ajanta, Ellora and other historical places are also on view here.

Exploring India. Nov 23, 2006 - Dec 08, 2006.

A month long exploration of the sub-continent. I waited several years to be able to make this exploration, but it was worth it!

This album contains places that one can visit around Mumbai

A blog with placemarks of World Heritage sites I have visited over the years.... The website I'm using as a guide: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/ UNDER CONSTRUCTION