Taj Mahal Palace Hotel – silverfox175

I know it is now called Mumbai, but for me it will always be Bombay, and our guide spoke of the city using both names. We were told that many people living in Bombay still referred to their home city as Bombay.

As we sailed closer to the harbour we overtook an Indian naval vessel.

The skyline that I remember from fifty years ago.
Gateway to India and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on the left of the Gateway.

We saw many war ships alongside, including an aircraft carrier and these torpedo boats.

A touch of the old days with a double decker bus.

A street full of second hand books – they are never packed away just covered with sheets at night.

There must have been thousands of books. The blue tint is due to the windows of our bus.