Mumbai - South

Click for Mumbai trip report	The Oberoi Mumbai-Nariman Point	Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai	Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai
View of the Air India Building from the Oberoi	Mumbai is built on a peninsula on the west coast of India	One of Mumbai's many metered taxis...how I would miss those in the rest of India	Although Victoria Terminal has been renamed, like so much else in Mumbai, for Chhatrapati Shivaji, taxis know it as V.T.
First stop, Central Reservations at V.T. to get my onward rail tickets	#52, the foreign tourist booth upstairs	Victoria Terminus, built by the British	Victoria Terminus, 1887
Victoria Terminus, Mumbai	Victoria Terminus, Mumbai	"Progress"	Victoria Terminus, Mumbai
Victoria Terminus	Double decker at the bus station south of V.T.	Bombay double decker bus	Indian NCC cadet waves from a passing bus
Bombay Municipal Corporation Building	Bombay Municipal Corporation Building	Sir Pherozeshah M. Mehta, KCIE, LLD, 1845-1915	Bombay Municipal Corporation Building
Chota Pepsi!	Street kitchen near V.T., Mumbai	Some of the street food in Mumbai looks really good, but I didn't risk it	Preparing food at an open air restaurant near VT
Wiping up the counters	Mumbai boy	Scooby doo	Stationary shop near V.T.
Kingfisher is India's most popular beer	Across from V.T.	No Hamburgers at McDonalds!	Nikon dealer on Dr. D. Naoroji Rd, south of Victoria Terminus
Sham Pentax shop, Dr. D.N. Rd	Sugar cane presses serve fresh juice	Preparing the sugar cane for pressing into juice	Along Dr. D. Naoroji Rd.
Muslim man, Mumbai	Poster stall	Mumbai is a city of banks	Mumbai-Fort is the banking district
Citibank, Mumbai	Dr. D.N. Rd.	Deutsche Bank is represented in Mumbai	Dewa Bank
Gives confidence doesn't it...	Doorman at a large clothing store on D.N. Road	Large clothing store on D.N. Road	An inoperative elevator bay makes a good home for Gandhi
Under the grime in Mumbai-Fort is some interesting architecture	It looks a bit more Mesopotamian than Indian...	J. N. Petit Institute, Mumbai-Fort	Hand drawn water tank, Mumbai
Shoe shine man	Hanging out in Fort District, Mumbai	The Bombay Store, Pherozshah Mehta Marg, Mumbai-Fort, is an upscale souvenir store	Washing the dishes at a street restaurant
Old town hall on Horniman Circle, Mumbai	Zoroastrian Society, Horniman Circle	Not exactly Fed Ex	Truck driver, Mumbai
"Horn Please", no wonder the streets of India are so loud	Shiva on an Indian truck, a "Goods Carrier"	Another Indian Goods Carrier parked at Horniman Circle	Truck drivers on break
Mumbai guy, India	Package delivery cart on break	Shri Krishna Veggie Restaurant	Banana seller
Veer Nariman Road, Mumbai	St. Thomas' Cathedral, Mumbai	St. Thomas' Cathedral, Mumbai	British relics, St. Thomas' Cathedral
British relics, St. Thomas' Cathedral	British relics, St. Thomas' Cathedral	Man sleeping in the gutter in front of the Cathedral	Mumbai taxi with Maharashtra state plates
Another of the many stalls preparing fresh food, Mumbai	Flora Fountain, Hutatma Chowk, Mumbai	Making everyone happy	Monument on Mahatma Ghandi (MG) Rd
Hutatma Chowk, Mumbai	Parsees are Zoroastrians, originally from Persia	Parsee at Bhikha Behram Well, Mumbai	Parsee place of worship at Bhikha Behram Well, Mumbai
Market near Churchgate Station	Softdrink stand	Queue outside a theatre for Mughal-e-Azam	Mughal-e-Azam, the current Bollywood blockbuster
Mughal-e-Azam poster, Eros Cinema, Churchgate	Sleeping on the job, Maharshi Karve Marg	Oval Maidan and Rajabai Tower, University of Mumbai	Oval Maidan and Rajabai Tower, University of Mumbai
Even after watching Lagaan, I really don't get cricket	Cricket team in Mumbai	No trucks, No vans, No horse carts, No ox carts, No hand carts - Madam Cama Road	Mineral water ad on a bus stop, Madam Cama Road, Mumbai
Maharashtra Police HQ, Wellington Circle	Wellington Circle/S.P. Mukharjee Chowk, Colaba	Indian woman carrying a load on her head	Men carry loads on their heads as well
New York Restaurant and Milk Bar, Shivaji Marg, Mumbai	Mumbai's best known site, the Gateway to India	The Gateway of India commemerates the 1911 visit of King George V and Queen Mary	Gateway of India, Mumbai
The Gateway of India towards sunset	Taj Mahal Hotel	Watching the harbour in the evening	Harbour at the Gateway of India
Colorful crowds at the Gateway of India	Evening at the Gateway of India	Bored at the Gateway of India	Gateway of India
Gateway of India	Gateway of India	Women in saris, Gateway of India	Gateway of India
Photographers at the Gateway of India	Mumbai Port Trust Yacht Club	Evening at the Gateway of India	Doormen at the Taj Mahal Hotel
Taj Mahal Hotel	Captive "dancing" monkey	I really shouldn't have taken this...it just encourages them to abuse animals	Boy at Nariman Point at sunset, India
Nariman Point kids	Kid selling nuts at Nariman Point	Nariman Point	Sunset over the Arabian Sea at Nariman Point, Mumbai
Sunset at Nariman Point	Sunset at Nariman Point	Sunet at Nariman Point	Hilton Towers Mumbai-Nariman Point
Morning tea with Dru who flew in on a layover with Northwest	Dru and the doorman at the Hilton	View from the Hilton Towers, Mumbai	View of the Rajabai Clock Tower from the Mumbai Hilton
Along the waterfront by the Hilton	The Khyber Restaurant, 145 Mahatma Gandhi Road, near the Prince of Wales Museum, is highly recommended	Emirates' Mumbai office, Nariman Point	Emirates ad for New York service, Marine Drive, Mumbai
Ruby Tuesday opening soon at Nariman Point	New cinema, Nariman Point	Communist Peasant and Workers Party building, Mumbai	High rent district, Jagannath Rao Bhosle Marg, Mumbai
Woman in a flowing Shalwar Kameez (Punjabi Suit) and an Indian Navy bus	Wellington Circle	Traffic on Colaba Causeway	Clothing vendor, Colaba Causeway
Shankar Book Stall, Colaba Causeway, Mumbai	Bollywood film sponsored by Bagpiper Whiskey advertised on a Mumbai bus	Colaba Causeway, now Shahid Bhagat Singh Rd, is a main commercial avenue	Colaba Causeway
Leopold's Cafe, Colaba Causeway, is a major traveller hangout	Leopold's has a large and inexpensive menu	Colaba Causeway	Girl in Colaba
Annoying drum seller, Colaba	Woman selling jewelry on the street, Colaba	Returning to the Victoria Terminus, I next head north	Boy selling shorts, Mumbai, India
Banyan trees provide welcomed shade in tropical Mumbai	Old man in orange, Mumbai	Dr. D. N. Road	Posters for sale, Dr. D.N. Road
Krishna commandeering the chariot of Arjun in the battle of the Mahabharata	Selling fruit on Dr. D.N. Road	Cobblers, Mumbai	Making shoes, Mumbai
Boy working a stall on Dr. D.N. Road	Crawford Market, Mumbai	Crawford Market	Strawberry guy, Crawford Market
Arun Sonu Thorat, Fruit Merchant	Crawford Market, India	Porter, Crawford Market	Crawford Market
Crawford Market, now known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market	Beggar with jewelry, Crawford Market	Crawford Market	This turkey survived Thanksgiving
Muslim butchers have the beef market	Crawford Market, India	Kids at Crawford Market	Ray Charles wannabe, Crawford Market
Crawford Market	Crawford Market	Spices at Crawford Market	Western brands, Crawford Market
Keeping the books, Crawford Market	Al Kabeer chicken	Potatos, Crawford Market, Mumbai, India	Another version of The Bombay Store
Mumbai taxi	Muslim neighborhood along Nagdevi Street, north of Crawford Market	Mosque on Nagdevi Street near Crawford Market, Mumbai	Mosque, Nagdevi Street, Mumbai, near Crawford Market
Mosque, Mumbai	Woman in Mumbai, Nagdevi Street, India	Woman in Mumbai 2, India	Woman in Mumbai 3, India
Tourists don't make it up here very often	Women on Nagdevi Street, Mumbai	Group shot, Nagdevi Street, Mumbai	People sent me here to photograph Osama bin Laden
Jama Masjid, the Friday Mosque, Mumbai	Jama Masjid, Mumbai	Jama Masjid, Mumbai	Jama Masjid, Mumbai
Market near the Jama Masjid, Mumbai	Hair Cutting Saloon, Mumbai	Dwarkanathajee Temple	Dwarkanathajee Temple, Mumbai
Dwarkanathajee Temple, India	Dwarkanathajee Temple, India	Boy with a tomato, Mumbai	The swastika and "om" are Hindu symbols
Under a load of salad	Holy Cow	Women in Mumbai	Chowpatty Beach
Chowpatty Beach looking towards Nariman Point	Evening at Chowpatty Beach	Woman at Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, India	Softdrink stand, Chowpatty Beach
Sunset, Chowpatty Beach	Sunset, Chowpatty Beach	No meat lovers pizza at Pizza Hut	Kingfisher beer - "One Indian the Aussies Can't Beat"
Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai	Gateway of India and Taj Mahal Hotel	Setting sail for Elephanta Island	Back at the Gateway of India, illuminated at night
Out for dinner at Leopold's after the trip	Janice from Australia and Dru	Marine Drive at night - the Queen's Necklace	RajasthanP Jan16 006.jpg
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The Irish House, Mumbai