Advantages: Excellent value for money, lovely polite people Disadvantages: you can get mugged, Poverty
..., they will bring their whole neighbourhood with them within a few seconds asking for money. Im not saying that don't pay them, but don't stand on one spot for long.
6. When visiting the station, please please don't look at the tracks!! Please remember that this country is far behind ours, and as the trains have toilets, just imagine where the deposits go!
I could go on, but then Im not portraying the lovely side of Bombay. You may read several books, they will tell you that you should visit the gate of India e.t.c. you should do that but you can't go to India without doing and visiting these:
A list of must visit and do in Bombay:
1. Markets. These markets reflect the true Indian culture; they sell everything from electronics from China and Japan to Ferrero Roches.
2. Food stalls. A dish to try in Bombay is Pani Puri, for those of yours who live...
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Advantages: Longer you are there the more to see. Disadvantages: Busy, Polluted, Frenetic.
..., usually on certain days. Most hotels can get information for you about these trips.
12. Markets.
Although there are thousands of shops, stalls and markets in Mumbai, a few of these deserve special mention. CrawfordMarket is a vast collection of stalls selling all sorts of fresh produce and set in a large building of Victorian-era architecture. Chor Bazaar is a maze of small shops with lots of "antiques", bric-a-brac and assorted junk on offer. Feeling flush? Zaveri Bazaar is an area of jewellery shops galore.
13. The Cinema.
For a truly memorable event, go to a cinema and see a Bollywood film. We saw "Khakee" a few days after it had opened and the experience was totally different from anything that we had encountered in the West. The cinema was full - about 1500 people in total, with lots of cheering at the heros, booing at the baddies...
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Advantages: Very friendly people, excellent cusine Disadvantages: Haggling, Poverty
...and closely!
That was my FIRST impression of Bombay! We were greeted by my family and got into the people carrier that had come to pick us up. After 2 weeks we returned to Bombay to see the sights and attractions and also to return home. This time Bombay looked quite different! We arrived by train, which as much nicer than the people carrier. The journey was smooth and quiet, something the people carrier wasn't! The train station we arrived at was called VT (Victoria Train Station) and is really quite nice. It is quite strange to see such a British building in such an Indian country as India (if that makes sense).
We stayed with family friends and these were the sites I visited.
Juhu Beach: This beach is supposed to be a popular place to spot Bollywood (The Indian equivalent to Hollywood) stars as most have flats that run along...
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