Day 5 to 8 - Mumbai

Spent a few lazy days in Mumbai. Relaxing in the balcony one afternoon, saw this open top double-decker bus used for pruning trees and wondered how good an RV it would make - the top could become a little swimming pool; or with an amphibious capability engine - watertight chassis and paddlefloat wheels - and rudder control from the top, a few deck chairs it could convert it to a yacht.
Not a bad post-(pre-?) retirement idea: Get a little place by the beach, buy some restless old  bus, fix it up new, take your guests out charter fishing...

A walk down Colaba Causeway was a refreshing ride down memory lane - our schoolbus used to pass this way everyday.

Still love those puttering steamboats, one of which can always be seen diligently circling the tub:

A number of odds and ends are to be found, including musical instruments, old phonographs, quirky t-shirts and ethnic silverware:

 

  

Caught a glimpse of the Taj Heritage Wing, the most elegant shades of gray:

 

Rode down to Marine Drive one evening. Water in the carburettor slowed me down for repairs so arrived after dark to the sight of this charming string of halcyon golden dots dispersing over restless water. It's nice to see people just hanging around here to chill. The spirit of the place is a leisurely mix of session-opening college canteen, hill station lovers' point and twilighty joggers' park.

  

  

Mumbai Central station's ticket counter for local trains formed the mid-wicket boundary for this cricket match:

The new grills on local train windows seem to seamlessly integrate geometric simplicity with stoneproof steadfastness: