With whatever momentum the trip had gathered thus far, the next port of call was Mumbai, the nation's largest city, and the beating heart of India's economic engine, synonymous with Bollywood, and one of the best examples of the legacy which remains from the British colonial era. The city is best described as an urban sprawl, and although a metro network is under construction, the evidence appears to be that it is a much-needed part of the city's transportation network, given the extent to which Mumbai's infrastructure creaks under its own weight, a city where the population count has created a few social shortcomings in its wake. A city tour of Mumbai can prove to be really insightful, especially if the tour involves exposure to both extremes of the social scale as mine did. Famous landmarks
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