This was gonna be the D Day in mumbai.. it was called the sight seeing day. Mumbai has thousands of programmed one day tours for places in and around mumbai, but we wnted it to be customised as per our preference. so we hired a cab and struck a deal for the day. he ll show us some 25 must see places of mumbai and we pay him 2200 and that was indeed a nice deal we had struck i felt. We began the day early with our visit to the temple which gets all the bollywood atention Sri Siddivinayak Temple.. quite a secure place and sacred too..we moved to mumbadevi temple after whom the city gets its name.. and a few other temples including walkeshwar which was quite an experience.. haji ali was the next stop . outside haji ali is a juice centre which has a speciality preparation .. depending on the seasonal availability of fruits a preparation called seethaphal cream was offered to us. the fruit was ground into a thick shake like consistency and pieces of the fruit were mixed to give it a heavenly taste... something which needs to be experienced to be believed..it would measure 200 gms each serving and came at 120 per serving.. but each penny worth the taste.. after having seen the temples it was our turn to visit the financial centre of the city.. we had a walk around the bombay stock exchange and in the vicinity u could see each and every bank having a office ... being there feels richer!!!we walked around to ind Mahesh lunch home which was one of the recommendations as a must place to eat.. the place was filled with foreigners and the speciality there was sea food.. and surely it didnt disappoint.. was a touch expensive though ... but u really cant complain when u are at the financial heart of the country!!! someone there told me each square feet there is valued at 4-5 lakh rupees... holy crap!!!!after having a heavy meal we went to colaba and taj hotel and gateway of india which was under renovation after the dreaded terrorist attacks!!! the gateway as well as taj simply are breath taking... so bad to have targeted it!! the ride on the victoria ( which is a grand horse cart to put it simply) is a must if u have visited gateway... they take u on a small ride for a astronomical price but ya dont miss it... bargain a lil and get a ride...we also saw leopald cafe on the way.. from there we went to marine drive , wankhede stadium and to hanging gardens... bandra band stand and linking road for a lil shopping... we ate some mcd and kfc there and got back home bravingthe traffic which had just swollen up to enormous propositions.. quite a day!!!!
Day rating: 7.5/10
