Last full day ....

.... in Mumbai - and I can't believe it's almost time to go back to Wales.  I'd like to thank everyone for the lovely comments that have been left on my India blogs - I've read them all and appreciate you taking the time to leave them.  I can honestly say that it's been wonderful.  Mumbai is a city of enormous contrasts, but without exception, the people are polite, friendly and helpful.

You saw from my brief post on Saturday, that the hotel staff had arranged a lovely birthday party for Jonathan - it was fantastic!!  And we continued the good day by having dinner in the hotel - a superb Indian buffet.  We all wore our new Indian style clothes - Kathryn looked particularly lovely!


Yesterday, which was Maharashtra Day, we went to the zoo!  Yes, strange as it may sound we decided to visit the local zoo in Byculla - it's now called Jijamata Udyan (formerly Victoria Gardens) - it's different!  There aren't many animals (by UK) zoo standards, which may be fortunate, as the animals there are in the zoo are not the happiest I've ever seen.  However, we spent a lot of our time watching the visitors - and taking lots of photos.  To be fair, we featured in just as many photos.  The zoo grounds are beautiful, full of long walks and lovely plants - and it's obviously extremely popular with everyone in the area.

 

I could show you lots more, but actually, Jonathan has much better photos on his Flickr site - so if you want to see more photos of our days out - check here.

Yesterday evening we decided to try and get some photos of sunset at the sea.  So we headed to Worli seafront.  There's a really long promenade and it's hugely popular with everyone - particularly young couples.  It seems that everyone likes to be there in the evening.  So a few more pictures to share with you - including some taken by Kathryn.

For our final morning - I decided to drag (Kathryn didn't want to go out this morning) take Kathryn out for a quick walk around the local area.  I wanted to look in some of the shops and try to get a few more candid shots of the people.  Everything is so bright and colourful here - it was a great walk and I'm pleased that we went out.

Tonight we're all going out to dinner in the local restaurant - cheap, rustic food that tastes absolutely fabulous.  And then when we get back I have to pack!!!

Before I go though, I must welcome a couple of new followers - Joanne and Ioanna Maria - welcome Ladies!!  And that's really all for now.  Sorry it's such a long post - but there's so much to share :)