Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
To find out what's going on in Mumbai, check out
Time Out Mumbai
and
Mumbai Boss
(
www.mumbaiboss.com
)
. The
Hindustan Times
is the best paper; its
Café
insert, as well
as the
Mumbai Mirror
insert of the
Times of India
, are good what's-on guides.
Look for the free folding neighbourhood maps by
Locus City Cards
in high-end hotels
and restaurants.
MEDICAL SERVICES
Bombay Hospital
MAP
22067676, ambulance 22067309;
www.bombayhospital.com
; 12
New Marine Lines)
Breach Candy Hospital
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 23672888, emergency 23667809;
www.breachcandyhospital.org
;
60 Bhulabhai Desai Marg, Breach Candy)
Best in Mumbai, if not India.
8.30am-11pm)
Delivers.
Colaba Chemist
(
22832848; 27A Arthur Bunder Rd;
24hr)
Free deliv-
New Royal Chemists
MAP
22004051; 41/42 New Marine Lines;
ery 7am to 11pm.
MONEY
ATMs are everywhere, and foreign-exchange offices changing cash and travellers cheques
- including Akbar Travels (
Click here
)
and Thomas Cook's Fort (
Click here
)
and
Colaba
(
66092608; Colaba Causeway;
9.30am-6pm)
branches - are also plentiful.
POST
The
main post office
(behind Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus; 10am-6pm)
is an imposing building beside
CST.
Poste restante
( 10am-3pm Mon-Sat)
is at the 'Delivery Department'. Letters should be
addressed c/o Poste Restante, Mumbai GPO, Mumbai 400 001. Bring your passport to
collect mail. Opposite the post office, under the tree, are parcel-wallahs who will stitch up
your parcel for ?40.
Colaba Post Office
(Henry Rd)
Convenient branch.
TELEPHONE
Call
197 for directory assistance.
TOURIST INFORMATION
Indiatourism
(Government of India Tourist Office; 22074333;
www.incredibleindia.com
;
Western Railways
Reservation Complex, 123 Maharshi Karve Rd; 8.30am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm Sat)
Provides information
for the entire country, as well as contacts for Mumbai guides and homestays.
