Bombay and beyond

[sanerider]

got this video from youtube:
Bombayy in 1958:

//youtu.be/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBlIivdh9Kc

[Bombaywalla]

Nick, I'm too darn busy (lazy) to. I will though. soon.

Sanerider, that is an amazing video. I love Bombay's old public transportation machinery - the trams, the single and double-decker Leylands, not to mention the old Landmaster and Plymouth taxi cabs. Public transportation looked just as efficient back then as it does today. What I love most about the video though, is its portrayal of the diversity of the people of this truly cosmopolitan, global metropolis! Appreciate the share.

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My attempt at photographing a distant building cluster at night...

Dusk...

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A couple of photos from this past weekend downtown. The Germans seem to dominate the luxury car market here... we're obsessed! LOL

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This popular downtown hotel witnessed a major massacre on the 26th of November, 2008, in which scores of innocent people were indiscriminately gunned down by cowardly terrorists. The hotel was renovated, and the insanely awesome brunch continues to draw both Bombayites and tourists alike, like moths to a flame...

The huge glass windows offer uninterrupted views of Marine Drive and the Arabian Sea...

[Bombaywalla]

...continued from the previous page...

How about some food pics then?

Sushi

What good is a meal without some greens yeah?

Patrani macchhi, a traditional chutney smeared white fish dish wrapped in banana leaf, is one of my favourite foods. It is to DIE FOR!

Lamb chops...

Indian chicken liver masala with some killer Bombay pav (bread)...

Crustaceans FTW!

Some brilliant desserts...

Wash it all down with lots of Bollinger...

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I saw this gazzilion-wheeler clamped down in a no-parking zone...

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Morning rush hour...

An E klasse and a Skoda Superb racing down an arterial road. Freaks...

More and more people are buying the new Fiesta...

Hideous...

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The Brits are back in the country, under Indian ownership of course...

Why?

[rishyjan]

Loving the Bentley

[DrBOOST]

yellow bentley is lookin yukkhhhh

[jasroop81]

@bombaywala

loving the beautiful pic of mumbaiii.
the food surely looks tempting,which place is it?maybe i can try the cuisine dere next time I visit the city.

[Bombaywalla]

Loving the Bentley

yellow bentley is lookin yukkhhhh

Oh well. Different strokes for different folks

@bombaywala

loving the beautiful pic of mumbaiii.
the food surely looks tempting,which place is it?maybe i can try the cuisine dere next time I visit the city.

Thank you, Jasroop. The restaurant's called Fenix, at the lobby level of the Oberoi, Nariman point, SoBo

Here are some of the hotel's A8s...

Some views from the open deck...

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Tight!

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Infiniti Cars, for BMW

New cars awaiting delivery...

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New Marutis awaiting delivery next door to the BMW dealer...

Mr. Mukesh Ambani's skyscraper (which is the one with the protrusions) is visible behind the white tower...

The back...

Everyday runabouts...

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Random...

I don't know what's more popular, the X1 or the 7. I feel like I see more 7ers around...

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The now ubiquitous new E Klasse...

I'd pick chocolate over the boring Accord...

This I'd pick over chocolate for sure

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Oldies from 1996 (including the made in India Merc)...

So..... beautiful.....but I haven't a clue as to what it is...