Mumbai Meri Jaan Here we come

Visiting Mumbai has been a dream for me and my family for a very long time now. Mumbai means different things to different people. For some it is the lure of Bollywood that attracts hoards of people to this tinsel city. For others it is the possibility of finding work and job opportunities that draws people to this wonderful mega city.

For me it is the opportunity to visit a city that is always on the go. Mumbai has a large number of attractions that every tourist would like to see and experience.

Getting to Mumbai

Mumbai is well connected by road ,rail and air. So one can pick a mode of getting there as per ones convenience. For me going on a family holiday is a collective decision. We discussed the options of going to Mumbai via rail as well as via air and then decided on traveling to Mumbai by air.

We searched a number of Domestic Airlines and then finally decided to book on Indigo Airlines

Making the air ticket bookings was just the first step. Next we made the hotel bookings.

The fun of travel is as much in planning the itinerary as it is in executing the journey.

Now began the part of preparing a list of places we would be covering on this trip of ours.

Since we were taking an early morning flight so we would have the entire day to ourselves.

Hence we decided that after requesting for an early check in and leaving our luggage at the hotel we would be heading to the Sidhi Vinayak temple which is a very popular and revered temple of lord Ganesha and no trip to Mumbai is complete without a visit to this holy temple.

Our Next Stop would be the Maha Lakshmi Temple and pray to goddess Lakshshmi that she may bestow her blessings and wealth on me and my family.

By this time it would be lunch time so we would head towards Dadar and head towards numerous restaurants for a good hearty vegetarian meal.

Thereafter we would move towards Haji Ali Dargah a sacred and much revered dargah where thousands of devotees visit and pay their respects every day.

In the evening we would spend our time at the Juhu beach.

Day 2

This is a day reserved for a visit to Thane where we would visit the Kopineshwar temple locacated close to the Thane railway station.

Next we would head towards the Zaveri Bazaar and Visit the Mumba Devi Temple. By this time it would be lunch time and Zaveri Bazaar boasts of a number of good vegetarian restaurants and we will have our lunch here.

The second half of the day would be spent in the fort area and the evening observing the beauty of the queens necklace that is the beautiful Marine Drive.

Day 3 is reserved for the numerous malls that Mumbai has to offer. We would spend the first half of the day in Malad's Inorbit mall and the second half of the day in Phoenix mall and the other malls in the vicinity.

Day 4 This day is reserved for a trip to Bandra. We would spend the day visiting linking road and the fashion street. This is the day dedicated to Mumbai's street food so we would have our fill of the Mumbai's famous Vada Pao. After all it is not every day that one comes to Mumbai.

Mumbai has a lot more to offer but there is only so much we can pack in a 4 day's trip so we check out of our hotel on Day 5 morning and head towards the airport.