Well well well. Mumbai was certainly not initially high on our list of places, but Prit suggested we visit, and it made sense for the route. Boy, were we pleased we went. What a great city. If, like us you have an image of Bombay as being really dirty, smelly, busy etc etc. then think again. Yep there are hundreds of very sad and dirty slums, especially in from the airport, but once you hit 'downtown', it's a really lovely place. It's the commercial centre of India, and has a real buzz around it. The buildings are majestic, the traffic is reasonably well behaved, and smart suited business men buzz around from their BMWs into the glamorous chromed bars and restaurants. However, the old bits, including Crawford market, still retain the classic 'Indian feel'....great fun. We
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