Mumbai Pics

Below are some of the photos I took on my first day in Mumbai. Almost every shot was out the window of the taxi, as we drove from the northern part of Mumbai where my hotel was to the southern part where the Gateway of India is. Enjoy!


Below: This is blurry, but it's the best shot I got of an old school, manual rickshaw, as opposed to the autorickshaws which are now more common.

Below: This is the tailgate area of a huge work truck. These trucks are painted colorfully and decorated lavishly. I can't wait to get a more complete pic of one of these trucks sometime. (Hard to do when craning your neck up and back from a tiny taxi as you bump along the road. I'll try to get a pic sometime when I'm on foot and can get the whole truck.) Btw, you see the instructions to "blow horn." Well, people follow that instruction quite well on Indian roads. ;-)

Below: Gray waters and sky past the Gateway of India.

Below: The famous Taj Hotel (where the bombings took place last year)

Below: Marine Drive

Below: Lovely street near the Taj Hotel and Gateway.

Below: A banyan tree. So interesting the way the branches grow down to become the trunk...

Below: Super cute kid shining the shoes of my taxi driver.

Below: Close up of some detail on the Gateway of India.

Below: The Gateway of India, a huge basalt monument which was once the first thing that people arriving to Mumbai by boat would have seen.

Below: First of several scenes of Mumbai, as seen on the drive.

Below: This is for mom's friend who collects Coca-Cola: another shot to get printed and framed.

Below: Another Coca-Cola shot for mom's friend.

Below: Can you read this bumper sticker? It says, "Spitting spreads TB: DO NOT SPIT." A popular sticker on the local autorickshaws.

Below: Colorful laundry drying outside the window of an apartment.

Below: This bike has seen better days.

Below: Gorgeous, expensive hotel.

Below: The ever-present autorickshaw.

Below: Tent and slum dwellings lining the roads.