Travelling from South to North Mumbai

One of the biggest discomforts that one can experience in Mumbai is travelling by road. I rarely go to South Mumbai if I can help it but on those days when it is impossible to avoid, I normally take a train, unless I am too tired……

Then I am forced to take a Taxi.

The taxi fellow must be fed up too of driving through this crazy city, therefore when I tell him to take me to Bandra, he suggests sea-link. That will cost Rs50 extra for the toll. I must decide if I wish to go through one hour traffic jam or pay Rs50 and cover the same distance in ten minutes. The normal routes are crowded with buses, taxi, cars in great numbers and also the jay-walking pedestrians, who cross the streets randomly. Mumbai has lots of sky-walk, but hardly anybody uses it, because it’s too tiring to walk up two stories to walk comfortable. Had they installed lifts/escalators at each skywalk, it could have helped. Anyways, sea-link road was the ride I chose and was grateful for my wise decision.

When it rains in Mumbai, it pours, and it pours, and it pours till the city gets paralysed

Getaway from Mumbai for the week-end - Lonavala

Its rainy season and those in Mumbai might be frustrated with the clogged streets and open manholes but those who love nature will drive for two hours, through the winding Ghats, cross the Khapoli-Khandala Ghat, and within the short distance you are high up there, breathing in the crisp, fresh air, watching the waterfall from the surrounding hills of Lonavala and enjoying the nature in its pure form.

To read about the places of interest in Lonavala valley, click here