Mumbai - The diverse city. See it to believe! (Mumbai ( Bombay ))

Member Name: Kpnuts158

Product:	Mumbai ( Bombay )
Date:	23/11/08 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: People. Food. Sights. Energy. Life

Disadvantages: Road system.

I used to think Bangkok was the most diverse city I had lived in. Then I visited Mumbai. I came. I saw. I fell in love. Nowhere else I have visited has quite the range that this vast melting pot of a city displays. Where else have I seen wealth and poverty, glamour and dirt, and joy and misery mix in such a blend?

You can get in a taxi and trundle through the congested city road structure. But I tell you something. If you want to feel alive then use your feet. Go on. Don't be afraid. Give it a chance. Go for a walk across the city of Mumbai. Stroll into the CST rail terminal, experience the bustle of thousands and look at architecture that belongs in Victorian England. March around the Gateway of India and see symbolism on a grand scale. Go along Marine Drive and eat a gorgeous lunch in an air con cafe bar where you think you might just be sitting next to the next big thing in Bollywood. Meander through the busy street and hear the cries of shop keepers selling their wares to you.

Mumbai's charm is that it is quite frankly crazy. The energy and madness that goes on around you will probably unlike that of anything you have encountered before. But it is somehow no invasive. Strangely you feel like you have your own space. You can breathe.

Before going I heard scare stories. Seriously, do not be afraid. Throw yourself in. I bet you will like it.

Summary: A city which has a strong pulse, with life in abundance.