#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 💪 And I've got a bonus on the 2nd day - I was poisoned by local food in restaurant at market😑. So I left suddenly to touristic Goa😎.
⬆️This picture is from Goa⬆️
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.
⬆️ Central Railway station ⬆️
- Mumbai has the eighth-highest number of BILLIONAIRES of any city in the world (48 rich men live next to the slums) !!!
⬆️Rich people live in close quarters in good modern houses⬆️
- 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 😑...........
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.
⬆️Gate to #India ⬆️
- I was impressed about lots os temples which look very bright and are very clean. For contast.)
Some street views
⬆️The last picture is a fish market in central slums⬆️
I will tell you more about them later .
What do you think about living in these conditions?
I enjoyed seeing the photos. I have never lived in a large city or even been in a very crowded city, so it would be overwhelming for me. But I would like to visit.
The place is interesting for short visit but not suitable to live
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I am from mumbai, what can i say. It has its charm. Its a fast pace city.
Yes, its overcrowded. But i like the city.
People all over the country come to mumbai for work to make their life better.
I now like in UK. But i do visit once a year.
The city architecture style is very interesting , and it has a lot of career and business opportunities for all the Indians , and I read that even foreigners cone there (mainly from neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka )
Anyway for me personally it was a culture shock , despite I like real non-touristic places.
We enjoy being in UK too, are you south or north?
I am in south. Sutton, Surrey
Oh very nice. Just outside London.
We'll be back there in April. We'll stay near Halifax the first couple months but will be looking to park somewhere between Brighton and Southampton by the end of summer where it only rains 270 days a year rather than 330.
Yay! 🤗
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This hits so close to home. Here in SA we have slums everywhere. The economic divide is massive. It's heartbreaking.
SA - do you mean San Francisco (US) ?
No, I mean South Africa, as in RSA
Ahh , I see , interesting
Looks like it is very hard to get around. I love the colors, I do not think that I could live there. Thanks for sharing.
The place is interesting to visit but very difficult to live
Что ж тут думать, видимо жителям надо искать лучшей жизни в других местах. Но опять же, все 20 миллионов оттуда не уедут.
Это вопрос менталитета - они многими поколениями так живут , для них это норма.
Так же как в СССР нормой был дефицит, например