On the second day we took an excursion called "Mumbai Heritage Walk". We took a bus to the old Fort area then walked for 2 /2 hours along the very busy, congested streets seeing many buildings and street scenes. We started at St. Thomas Cathedral, the first Anglican church in Bombay.
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| sunrise |
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| daily muster on the 2 Indian Navy destroyers docked near us |
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he ensigns were raised at 8 QM each morning |
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| Old Town Hall |
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| our group of 17 set out on our walk |
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| a plastic recycler's location on the sidewalk |
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| cattle are sacred in India |
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| this woman was selling grass that could be fed to the cow as a good deed. she is sweeping thew ground here |
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| we walked on the streets at times |
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| vendors followed us around |
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| St Thomas Anglican Church |
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| inside St. Thomas |
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| the Flora fountain was being worked on |
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| a very old building that needs a lot of work |
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| street art vendors |
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| the Prince of Wales Museum |
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| street food vendors |
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| the Police headquarters building |
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| because of the Nov 2008 terrorist attacks, many of the monuments and buildings have security scanning at all the entrances |
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| the Gateway to India was not near as busy today as it was yesterday when we were here |
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| tour boats along the waterfront by the Gateway to India |
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| the front side of the Gateway to Indian |
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| the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. This building was attacked in the Nov 2008 terrorist attack |
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| Taj Mahal Palace Hotel with the new tower to the right |
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| the Victoria Terminus train station |
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| Mumbai skyline at sunset as we sailed away |
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| Jack-up drilling platforms in the bay |
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| Sunset |
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