Saturday, September 21, 2013

More from Mumbai

The area around the airport is not designed for tourists to leave their hotels. However, millions of people live near here in both slums and apartment blocks. We took a reasonably long walk (3 miles?) along very busy streets and through a residential neighborhood. Crossing these busy streets is a skill I'm still working on!


A power and light pole along the yet-to-be monorail system.
This doesn't even come close the web of wires on similar poles in Kolkata.
This is India. Cows rule! No matter how busy the street.
This is about a half-mile from the International Airport terminal.
Right around the corner from the cows. I'm not sure which came first, the trees or the street.
A water bottle is hanging in the tree next to the chair. Clearly someone likes this spot!
In the larger cities, water trucks deliver potable water. The hotel has just finished repairing their swimming pool and has been filling the pool with water from trucks like this.
The airport is named for Chhatrapati Shivaji, the "Hero of Maharashtra" who ended the Mughal reign over most of India. This statue is in a small garden near the entrance to the airport.
To the best of my Google-translate augmented Hindi (but it's probably in Marathi), the plaque says "Victorius Chhapatrai, Victorious Shivaji".



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