Coke-addict monkey

Mumbai for beginners

---

October 7th 2010
Today is my 13th day in Mumbai. I started counting when three months felt like a prison term. Now I'm counting because I'm not sure how to fit everything in. Tom's flat is in the seaside suburb of Bandra. It's THE place to live, thanks to its trees and paved streets. But it's also full of half-finished construction sites, buildings smeared with stains from the monsoon, the angry buzzing and bee ... read more

Asia » India » Maharashtra » Mumbai

---

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