
Marine Drive 〜 This Life, That Story
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 love being there upon every visit in the city. You could have seen... mostly in Bollywood movies --- car chases, love stories, many things happen here. I do remember, I saw in the Bollywood film of 2004, "Dhoom (fi

Mumbai T.P.O. 〜 Kurta or Tank Top?
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 aroud South Mumbai or any local areas where most of local women wear traditional dresses, I feel better in kurtas than body line appearing jeans or shoulder exposing tank top. Is it necessary for foreign touri

Mumbai Train Never Stops
My train stops in the middle of the tunnel. The light turns off. In the darkness, I am not surprised when this happens. I am one of the over 4 million daily commuters who take Greater Paris' public transport --- metro, train, and bus. * Greater Paris = I mean, Ile de France Region, which includes Paris, and its seven suburban districts. And it stops quite often. The reasons ---Technical problems, signals out of order, sick passengers, person on the rail (!), passengers' ac