Our tour guide in Mumbai was a 50 year old mother of five children who was extremely less conservative with her narrative than all the other male guides we’ve been with. She told us exactly how things were and didn’t sugar coat them and tell us what the tourist industry would like us to hear. My mom got along with her better than any of our other previous guides and that helped me a lot as well. You know, mom being happy.
We managed to find this treasure of a guide through one of the four star hotels Mumbai where we were staying. She took us to the Gateway of India. I thought is was okay and a landmark, but I was hoping for some more interesting points of interest. From there, we took a boat for about an hours ride to Elephant Island and the caves of Shiva. Now that was really cool. The caves were so old and were carved out of the mountain! They left statues and murals all carved out of one stone! That was so cool.
Our wonderful guide then took us to a Jain Temple, to the Hanging Gardens, Gandhi’s house , that Mosque on the water (I can’t remember its name), and she even took us to laundry city. From there, poverty, she took us to opulence, a strip of commercial downtown that apparently is the most expensive real estate in the world. I’m still pondering as to why, because I thought, we missed it. But, she told me we walked through it. I guess I was expecting something like New York City.
After our tour, I dropped mom back off at our hotel room, so I could check out the nightlife. I went to what I hear was the hottest club in Mumbai. I thought it was just as good as any club I’ve been to in New York. The decor was truly amazing and the drinks cost me an arm and a leg. I headed back to my hotel room and mom, hopefully she’s asleep, cause it’s 4am.
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