Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mumbai (Bombay)
Why Go?
Mumbai is big. It's full of dreamers and hard-labourers, starlets and gangsters, stray dogs
and exotic birds, artists and servants and fisherfolk and
crorepatis
(millionaires) and lots
and lots of other people. It has the most prolific film industry, some of Asia's biggest slums
(and the world's most expensive home) and the largest tropical forest in an urban zone. It's
India's financial powerhouse, fashion epicentre and a pulse point of religious tension. It's
evolved its own language, Bambaiyya Hindi, which is a mix of…everything.
But Mumbai does not have to be overwhelming: it just has its own rhythm, which takes a
little while to hear. Just give yourself some time to appreciate the city's lilting cadences, its
harmonies of excess and restraint, and before you know it, Mumbai might just decide to
take you in like you're one of her own.
When to Go
Dec-Jan
The very best, least sticky weather.
Aug-Sep
Mumbai goes Ganesh-crazy during its most exciting festival, Ganesh Chaturthi.
Oct-Apr
Post-monsoon, best for festivals, and bird-watching in Sanjay Gandhi National
Park.
Best Places to Eat
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Koh (
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Hotel Ram Ashraya (
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Revival (
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