We arrived in Mumbai, home of 16 million people, yesterday morning at 7:30am. Our day started at 4:30am to catch a 1 hour taxi ride to the airport, so we were pretty zonked getting here. We booked into the 'Chateau Windsor' to stay in the south part of Mumbai, a nice hotel which seems to have been converted from a commercial building into a hotel.
Our first day we hit the streets here and walked for hours. There's a different feel in Mumbai compared to Delhi. We've heard from other people that depending on what city you fly into in India, you end up hating it. Glad we stayed in Delhi first then, because we've really enjoyed Mumbai. People are more friendly and you can walk around for hours without being hassled for a taxi or rickshaw. Nice to have sidewalks for a change as well. They've banned three wheeled vehicles from this area so it's cut down on pollution, congestion and the noise. Mumbai's poverty is crazy, the airport is located in the slums and you see the slums for miles when you're coming into the city.
We met a Canadian girl in Goa who is living in Mumbai now, so after a day of last minute shopping, we met up for drinks and dinner. The first stop was her local pub serving Kingfisher draught, much better than in the bottle, and then we hit up Indigo for dinner. Best dinner hands down in India. And we had 'real' wine!
Haven't done much sightseeing, but we did see the Taj hotel where the terrorist attacks happened. They just re-built it and it opened two days ago. Weird to think what happened here.
After two days in Mumbai, it was a whirlwind, but we loved it here! Now it's time to come home....
Here's a map of where we're at.
Take care,
Vanessa
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