My day out at Mumbai

I had been to Mumbai last December to attend the biggest cultural fest in India, Mood Indigo at IIT Bombay. I had gone along with a huge group of my friends from my college, NITK Surathkal.
We all reached IIT Bombay early morning on the 19th of December, 08 and the fest was to start on the 20th. So I, along with my friends, decided to have a day out at Mumbai. I would like to share some of my feelings and experiences in this blog.

I had come to Mumbai for the first time ever. So, I was eager to go around the city, check out different places, and the people. I, along with a small group of friends, set out to roam around Mumbai. We visited a number of places and used different modes of transportation (train, bus, taxi, auto and walking). We caught a local train from IIT Bombay to the grand, victorian style railway station, the 'Chatrapati Sivaji Terminus' (Victoria Terminus). We then travelled to the posh shopping street at 'Colaba'. After an hour of window shopping, we settled down at 'Leopolds' to have a short but expensive lunch. We realised at that point of time that we were trailing down the places where 26 Nov shootout had taken place. We got down at CST, had lunch at Leopold and then we would be heading to visit 'Hotel Taj' and the 'Gateway of India'. We did visit these places and wow, the Gateway was a spledid sight. Just opposite to it was the famous and prestigious Taj.

We then strolled down through concrete jungles for around 2 km towards 'Nariman Point'. After reaching the destination, I witnessed another spectacular sight; the long curved road along the sea, the 'Marine Drive' or the 'Queen's necklace' (it's appearance due to the series of street lights). After spending a wonderful hour on the edge of the sea, we then took a taxi and went to the nearby 'Chowpati' beach. We had the famed and spicy 'Bombay Bhel Puri' at this place. After another stroll down the Marine drive, we had Bombay style dinner at a small restaurant. At 9.30 pm, we caught a local train towards IIT Bombay.

Though many of you might have visited the places I mentioned atleast once and the description might have been boring, I, wrote this blog as I felt I experienced the best trip by anyone around Mumbai in a single day.

Hakunamatata - It means 'no worries'

"Hakunamatata, what a wonderful phrase"

All my blogs in this site will be based loosely on this theme as I relate myself to this phrase. I believe in setting goals, working hard towards it and putting in my best effort. But at the same time I believe I shouldn't get bogged down by unexpected results. I strongly believe in being cheerful and making others happy even in the toughest of times.

I hope all my blogs will be amusing for the readers.