#Mumbai - the biggest #slums in the world.
I always thought that I'm extreme traveler who doesn't care about comfort and likes specific places with trash, poverty and total mess. Including dangerous (Paris) and abandoned (Factories in Ukraine) places. But this place changed me . Now I really enjoy comfort... Mumbai was too much for me.
The worst thing is air pollution - It was really hard to breathe for me. Also this place is TOO overcrowded, traffic is very hard , too noisy , too much poverty , too much rubbish, smells ... All the best for extreme traveler 馃挭 And I've got a bonus on the 2nd day - I was poisoned by local food in restaurant at market馃槕. So I left suddenly to touristic Goa馃槑.
猬嗭笍This picture is from Goa猬嗭笍
Some facts about the city:
- Population - 12 500 000 inhabitants (Agglomeration - 20 million)
- The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language. Then it was colonised by Portuguese empire and from 1661 ot belonged to British Empire. In 1853 a railway was built there and the city became one of the largest port in India.
猬嗭笍 Central Railway station 猬嗭笍
- Mumbai has the eighth-highest number of BILLIONAIRES of any city in the world (48 rich men live next to the slums) !!!
猬嗭笍Rich people live in close quarters in good modern houses猬嗭笍
- Here is a Bollywood - the centre of indian cinematography.
- Only 2 lines of metro !!!! For 20 milion people ... Most of people use local suburban railway and buses.
- Sightseeings - none 馃槕...........
There are some beautiful old buildings such as temples, churches, railway station, governmental buildings, promenade. But most of them all in not good condition and it's very hard to take a picture of them.
猬嗭笍Gate to #India 猬嗭笍
- I was impressed about lots os temples which look very bright and are very clean. For contast.)
Some street views
猬嗭笍The last picture is a fish market in central slums猬嗭笍
I will tell you more about them later .
What do you think about living in these conditions?