BOMBAY (MUMBAI), INDIA--Monday, April 15, 2013 1304-222 Modern and old statuary in downtown Mumbai

BOMBAY (MUMBAI), INDIA--Monday, April 15, 2013

April 15th 2013
MUMBAI OR BOMBAY, INDIA, as the city was called until it was renamed in 1996--Monday, April 15, 2013 There was no question that we were entering a major commercial center as our ship pulled into the principal Indian port of Mumbai, which sits right on the Arabian Sea. This is the world’s 7th largest city with a population thought to be in excess of 10 million. Its wealth was built ... 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

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Sharon Mock Whitaker and Valerie Mock

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We are sisters who began our love of travel with our parents when we were in grammar school. We grew up in Northern California and had traveled most of the Western States and Mexico before the 8th grade. Sharon traveled to Europe the first time when she graduated from high school to be a Girl Scout camp counselor and Valerie lived in Europe 7 years teaching the US military community at the graduate level. We rarely take a tour and usually travel on a low budget, by car, plane, and train. We have recently both retired and Sharon bought a Roadtrek RV, that we named Rosie II after our parent's "R... full info

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