We slept in today until 7 a.m.! After breakfast we set off, by the waterfront where we were now unable to see clearly the inlet that we saw yesterday due to smog. Sections of the newly constructed Mumbai bridge (Whori Sea Link) were barely visible today. This bridge connects the suburbs of Bandra in the west to Worli in the south. The bridge is constructed of concrete decks with "cable-stayed" spans. Our first destination was a tour of "Dharavi" - one of...

Hi, we are in Bombi and coming to the end of the first part of trip. We have been missing making many blog entries and are trying to catch up. As always on these trips you expect more down time to be able to maintain a blog but the tour company keeps you hopping for long hours each day. There was a further complication in that Bob got a very severe stomach problem which lasted a week. He has received some antibiotics and is on the road to full recovery. We have ...

Ouch! Our luggage is to be out by 3:45 am, as we are flying to Mumbai this morning. We sadly leave our fearless bus driver, assistant and tour guide (Cyril), and pick up new ones in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Mumbai (Bombay) a city that is technically an island or a combination of 7 islands connected to the mainland by bridges and causeways and sits on the west coast of India on the Arabian Sea. The 7 islands originally inhabited by Koi fishing communities, were r...