The Largest outdoor laundry in Asia
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
A sight to behold. 800 families live and work inside this laundry where they wash, dry and iron clothes, towels and linen outside. Using stone troughs to wash it all looks like back breaking work.Read more
The Ghandi Museum
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
What an interesting story. There weee many facets to this man’s life and it was wonderful to read some of his history and have a better understanding of who this exceptional man was.
The Towers of Silence
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
A beautiful and quiet place in the middle of this busy, noisy city. This religious site used by the Parsi for their funerals is fascinating to learn about. The fact that it still exits is testament toRead more
Kamala Nehru Park
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
This park on Mulabar Hill, part of the Hanging Gardens complex, was beautiful even in the rain. Inspired by the nursery rhyme the garden contains a large boot that children can play in. The views wereRead more
Mulabar Hill View Point
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Looking down onto the beach and the sprawling city of Mumbai was a great experience even in the rain. Weirdly, because it was so warm, the beach was full of people
Lunch
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
We ate lunch in …. This was one of the targets hit by a terrorist attack in 2018 and the building still shows scars from that fateful day. The food was excellent and the service brilliant. We gaveRead more
The Gateway to India and The Taj Hotel
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Set in the waters edge the Gateway to India is a reminder of the colonial past. Never seen by the Royalty it was built for and now sealed up so no one can pass through. It sits majestically next toRead more
The Indoor Market
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Selling everything from pets, to perfume to ridiculously expensive imported Cadbury chocolate, you could buy almost anything you wanted in this sprawling indoor market. With its labyrinth of narrowRead more
Mumbai Train Station
September 22, 2025 in India ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
We ended our tour and said goodbye to our guide at the Mumbai train station. Another Victorian structure dominating the landscape here in Mumbai.
