Faces of Mumbai
We strode along the elegant Marine Drive checking out the mansions on the way to the beach. This was Maumbai? The city, despite a teeming throng of untold millions, has streets like this, where you can see the imprint of the British Empire.We liked the colonial energy of the other Victoria Terminus, and we were here for the food, the architecture and the museums. Lisa wanted to shop, it is the epicenter of Indian fashion, and we would to that, but first we should go to the cave of Elephanta Island. We left by boat and set sail. The history of the place is quite remarkable, dating back to 600 AD as a Hindu holy site, where they created the carvings in the cave. Lisa got into the spirit ans wore a flowing orange sari. We looked out at the just about vibrating city and said We aren’t in Flagstaff anymore.” We were dropped off and directed with the rest of the mass of tourists and we had to walk up a series of stair ways. Touts descended on us like flies and we had to bull our way through, and we were glad we did ans the caves were most beautiful. We loved the carvings, they were in surprisingly good shape.
We headed back through the stall gauntlet and back to Mumbai for dinner. This city, known for its stock market riches and Bollywood movies, is known also for its food. Ask at the hotels in Mumbai and they will tell you to avoid the street vendors, but we had some of our best treats eating hot food from the street, including volcanic vindaloos that had me sweating even more to a nice lentil cauliflower dish with white Basmati rice.
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