Mumbai

Gateway of India

Mumbai is the financial capital of India and the home to Bollywood. It is a modern city that was once the gateway to India. Mumbai is located on the western coast of India with the Arabian Sea on the west side of Salsette Island. Mumbai was once known as Bombay when the British were in control.

The Gateway of India was built to welcome the arrival of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911.

Narrow gauge train to reach the Elephanta Caves

Elephante Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. You take a ferry from the Gateway of India to reach the island, then a small train before climbing about 100 stairs. If you can not climb the stairs there are porters who will carry you up for around 2000 rupees.

Shows the height of the caves

The caves were carved from the top down using wedges to separate the rock.

The area is dedicated to the Lord Shiva

There are several art galleries and museum that you can visit in Mumbai. We visited the Prince of Wales Museum and the Gandhi Museum.

Victoria Train Station

The markets are also a great place to bargain.

Choosing Spices

Crawford Market

Chowpatty Beach South Central Mumbai

At 5:30 AM Sassoon Dock is a busy place with the fishing boats arriving. People are buying fish, shrimp, crabs and other seafood. Women carry the purchases in tubs on their heads to the warehouses or storage bins.

Fish are sorted on the deck of the boat before being auctioned.

We spent five days at the Trident Hotel on Naranhi point. This was a great place to stay. This hotel was one of the places that the Pakistan terrorist attack Nov 26, 2008.

Our last day we were sent on our way with a wonderful message from the staff in the Frangipani Restaurant at the Trident Hotel at Nariman Point.
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