Moving Forward... » mumbai http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Mumbai, economic powerhouse to some http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2009/08/31/mumbai-economic-powerhouse-to-some/ http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2009/08/31/mumbai-economic-powerhouse-to-some/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:23:06 +0000 Rogier http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/?p=117 Have you seen Slumdog Millionaires? I toured Dharavi – the largest slum in Asia with 1 million inhabitants – like it was a zoo. It wasn’t that bad given the rest of India, but of course, Dharavi is one of Mumbai’s few slums ‘approved of’ by the government (and therefor has access to very basic sanitary facilities and electricity). Touring Dharavi is mostly about what they are not showing you.

It was so good meeting Peter and Brenda abroad. I stayed with them and they did everything to make my stay are great as it was. I felt incredibly welcome.

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But oooh, all those colours!

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Discuss poverty and inefficiency over a nice cocktail at Intercontinental’s Dome Bar and take in the view.

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My hosts!

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Breakfast w/ Brenda… this is the view from their apartment.

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Mumbai sunset.

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Everything you see, has been carved out by this man *using only a nail and a piece of wood to hit it with*. I kid you not.

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Hygeinic? No.

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This is how I received notes in the morning :D .

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Rich and poor live side by side in Mumbai.

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Mooning India Gate!

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All clothes from all five-star hotels are washed here.

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Victoria Station – the most busy trainstation in the whole of Asia.

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Chilling at the boulevard.

More Mumbai pictures.

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