Saturday, April 7, 2018, Mumbai (Bombay), India (2 of 2)

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This second blog post continues our Mumbai shore excursion.  It begins with a noon-time view of a commuter train car picture taken from a bridge over the tracks at the Mahalaxmi Station near the site of the Dhobi Ghat outdoor laundry.

Note that the doors are not in use.  They may only be used when there are heavy rains?


Can you see the box balanced on top of the man's head?



News paper recycling.

Squeezing and mixing juice.
A small temple at a street corner.


Tent set up in very small park; looks like home!

Note the contrast above and below.

A dabbawalas with his bicycle and lunches.  The dabbawalas constitute a lunchbox delivery and return system that delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai.  The lunchboxes are picked up in the late morning, delivered predominantly using bicycles and railway trains, and returned empty in the afternoon.  They are also used by meal suppliers in Mumbai, who pay them to ferry lunchboxes with ready-cooked meals from central kitchens to customers and back.  The 2013 Bollywood film The Lunchbox is based on the dabbawala service.
Dabbawala defined and explained along with photos.  A very fascinating story.  The CEO is often asked to speak at high level business meeting to explain the company model.

Older apartment building a half block from the house Mahatma Gandhi lived in as he got earnest with his independence movement in the early/mid 1900s.

Gandhi's modest bedroom and office.














Another example of contrasts above with below.





Girgaum Chowpatty Beach along Marine Drive.





The Gateway of India is an arch monument built during the 20th century in Bombay, India.  The monument was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder on their visit to India in 1911.
Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation stone for the Gateway of India was laid on 31 March 1911.  The structure is an arch made of basalt 85 feet high.  The final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in 1914 and the construction of the monument was completed in 1924.  The Gateway was later used as a symbolic ceremonial entrance to India for Viceroys and the new Governors of Bombay.  It served to allow entry and access to India.
The Gateway of India is located on the waterfront at Apollo Bunder area at the end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg in South Mumbai and overlooks the Arabian Sea.  The monument has also been referred to as the Taj Mahal of Mumbai, and is the city's top tourist attraction.

Views of the harbor from the top deck of the Viking Sun.  A very busy harbor!
Cruise ship terminal, partially torn down for rebuild in sections.

Indian Naval and Coast Guard vessels.




Cruise ship terminal rebuild start.

Resupply of our cruise ship.  Gotta have more groceries!






Local entertainers performing on cruise ship theater stage before late evening departure.





We are on our way to Muscat, Oman; will be two sea days getting there.

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