Gateway of India, Kamala Gardens, open air laundry, Arabian Sea, Gandhi´s house, cricket´s fields, Marina Drive, Apolo Bunder

1. Mumbay (a one´s day visit)

2. Gateway of India: An Arc de Triumph built to commemorate the visit of King George V in 1911, ironically is today remembered as the place where British chose to stage their departure in 1948. The last battalion slowly marched under the arch to board the waiting ship back to Tilbury

3. “ Apolo Bunder” with the Arabian Sea as background

8. Taj Mahal Hotel, facing the Gateway of India

9. The Taj Mahal Hotel: The parsi businessman J.N.Tata (founder of the Tata´s Group) is supposed to have built the Hotel in 1903, as an act of revenge, after being denied the entrance at what was the best hotel in the city, the Watson, only for “ whites ”. Anyway, is an architecture marvel that brings together Moorish,Oriental and Florentine styles

11. Cricket is played in the Maidans ( parks), Mumbay´s people are fanatic of this sport

12. Marina Drive

13. People going to a football match

14. Traditional meeting point

23. Dhobi Ghat,( the world largest outdoor laundry)

24. Row upon row of open-air concret wasch –sinks each with its own flogging stone

25. Heavy wood-burning irons are used for presssing Though most of locals think it rather amusing, (that this works arouses such curiosity) it´s really fascinating, at least a great photo opportunity Here is where Mumbay traditional washers provides a wonderful service, collecting dirty laundry, washing and returning it neatly pressed.

26. Nearby “Gateway of India” , a favorite spot for an evening stroll

29. By Maria [email_address] Photos: 01.04.07 Mumbay, the most appealing … of either hemisfere Aldoux Huxley The visit at Gandhi´s house, now a well organized museum, is moving Music:Jawad Ahmed & Asha Bhosle Song: Dil Kay Taar Jawad