India 2015 Part 7
Mumbai is a large city and of course had lots of traffic and horns.
Mumbai is a harbor city.
Interesting contrast.
Bamboo scaffolding tied with jute.
Our room at the Trident Hotel
Beautiful lobby.
Water just across the street.
A nice walkway along the water.
It was clearly a gathering place in the evening.
They come for the sunset.
A very fancy carriage ride could be had.
Banyan trees everywhere.
A birthday at dinner.
The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of
King George V and Queen Mary to Mumbai.
It is called King George Arch.
Our guide for the day educates us.
Group picture at the gate.
Group pictures at the nearby Taj Mahal Hotel.
Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the
19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.
Back on the bus. Some folks got dropped of to shop.
We went on to the Prince of Wales Museum.
Bamboo water drink stand.
Our guide for the day.
Manny was with us throughout the trip.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus formerly known as the Victoria Terminus. Obviously Victorian.
Many Victorian leftovers in town.
This is the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Building.
A memoir of Mahatma Gandhi, Mani Bhavan is located in Laburnam Road, Mumbai. Known by the name Gandhi Museum,
the main highlight of this Gujarati style residence is that it is here Gandhi laid the foundation for many
independence movements like Non-Cooperation, Satyagraha, Swadeshi, Khadi and Khilafat movement.
One room has small dioramas of events in GandhiÕs life.
I cannot imagine having to work on this scaffolding.
A temple.
A nice place to live.