GO  MUMBAI!

 Cafe de la Paix, Mumbai

"Paix" means "Peace" in French.

"Cafe de la Paix", a Parsi Cafe in South Mumbai is located near Opera House, so is "Cafe de la Paix" in Paris, which stands just next to gorgeous Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris, a masterpiece of famous archi...

 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai 15th Nov 2015

CST (VT) Station in French flag color, so touched, thank you.

Message from Paris.

If some of the countries produce many beauty queen, like so called "3C" (Colombia, Chili, Costa Rica), so does India.

Some Miss Universe, Miss World Indian beautiy queens later turned out to be successful Bollywood actresses.

I visited Mumbai during Navratri (means ni...

 I visited The Hanging Garden in South Mumbai first time because the visit of this place was included in the city tour which I booked.

Geographically, this place is quite gorgeous.

A vast green terrace park on the top of the posh Malabar Hill peninsula which is located...

 A peaceful and somewhat nostalgic scenary in the middle of over crowded big city.

Children are playing cricket in the lane surrounding by old Portuguese style wooden houses,

In one of these houses, a man is smoking on his spacious wooden terrace.

Just in front of the t...

 ---  What's going on there ?

In the streets of Mumbai, people are dansing, the music is being played.

---  Look ! Ganesh is coming !

Today is Anant Chaturdasi, the last day of Ganesh Chaturthi this year.

Around 10,000 statues of Lord Ganesh made in workshops since...

When Italian explorer Christopher Columbus quested for the west bound maritime route to India for spice trade, he found the islands in 1492 which he thought was India, but they were, in fact, the Caribbean islands, later called West Indies.

So where is East India?

For...

Lord Ganesh is the elephant headed HIndu God, worshipped as remover of obstacle by Hindu devotees but also by Buddhists in some South Eatern Asian countries.

Such a catching figure he has !

Why do you have elephant head ? *

Why is your tusk broken? **

Why is your vehicul...

This place gives an impression somewhat very familier, even when you step on this place for the very first time --- Marine Drive *** of Mumbai, a curving coast line avenue facing Arabian Sea.

*** Marine Drive is officialy named "Netaji Subjash Chandra Bose Marg".

I lov...

Cafe Basilico, Bandra, Mumbai

If you are a female traveller in India, you have bought at least one fancy Indian dress,  have you ?

I have.

I bought four kurtas, and pants, stole, shoes to fit with.

Not only because they are colorful and beautiful, but also when you walk...