Photos – Mumbai

I’ve been in Mumbai 3 times: the first day when I arrived to India I went to a National Park, then on my way from Goa to Aurangabad I had a look at a museum and a zoo, and finally at the beginning of January I spent there 10 days during the conference.

The National Park is surrounded by the city.

All kinds of animals live there – monkeys,

a bored lion (at the Tiger and Lion Safari),

ants,

and of course people in simple huts,

but even in whole villages.

And there are the Kanheri caves (cut and inhabitated by Buddhist monks some 2000 years ago).

(More photos of caves coming, the ones in Ellora are much more impressive!)

The second time – outside the museum.

There are not too many animals in the zoo, so I really wasn’t sure if the crocodiles were alive or just statues. They certainly didn’t move at all.

Then I took a train from CST – Chatrapati Shivaji Terminal.

The trains can get quite crowded

(although this is nothing compared to my trip from Aurangabad to Nasik – there I thought I’d rather not take photos).

Sellers of all kinds of food and drinks are everywhere in the train stations, but they also walk through the train.

The third time in Mumbai. This house was just opposite my room in the hotel.

Professor Arthur giving one of the talks at the conference.

Gateway of India

Mumbai is a long peninsula going into the Arabian sea, so it is not surprising that there are many boats.

The rocks between the high and low tide lines are glues together by mussels.

I went for a lunch to a luxurious Khyber restaurant, maybe 10-times more expensive than a normal one (but still it was around $10).

The Navy had some exhibition in front of the Prince of Wales Museum.

One day during the conference we went on a quite strenuous hike. First several hours up a steep slope (including being lost and taking a detour for maybe 2 hours). At the top of the hill there is a nice small village surrounded by (the ruins of) 2 forts.

And there are some Buddhist caves as well. It was great that there were almost no tourists at all!

I needed some clean clothes for the conference, so besides from buying a shirt, I had laundry done in Mumbai. And it was certainly done in a dhobi ghat just like this one (only probably larger).

The Banganga tank. Were you ever so close to the center of the world (i.e., the wooden pole in the middle)?

The famous (and very dirty) Chowpatty beach.

They clearly like this kind of “warning” slogans.

Gandhi in his museum.

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