view from our hotel room 2

Hey Hey Bombay (Mumbai). The Landing

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March 17th 2006
December 29th 5:30am Enough about airplanes and hot Korean stewardesses, I'm here. In Mumbai/Bombay. To give the low down on the whole Mumbai/Bombay thing. Bombay was the name that the English gave this city when they ruled here which ended a few years back. Anyway, the Indians brought back the original name of Mumbai, but after calling a city Bombay for 150 years, it will take some time to ge ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more