Travel quotes

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. Benjamin Disraeli

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. Robert Benchley

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. Mason Cooley

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." Daniel J. Boorstin

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles

Bombay

When to go to Bombay ( India ) ?

Month	Sunlight (h/d)	Average T min (°C)	Average T max (°C)	Record T min (°C)	Record T max (°C)	Precipitations (mm)	Wet days	Rating
january	9	20	29	12	33	2	0
february	10	20	29	12	37	2	0
march	9	23	31	17	37	2	0
april	10	25	33	20	39	0	0
may	10	28	34	23	35	17	1
june	5	27	33	21	38	484	14
july	2	26	30	22	35	616	21
august	3	25	30	22	33	339	19
september	5	25	30	22	34	263	13
october	8	25	33	21	37	63	3
november	9	24	33	18	35	12	1
december	9	22	32	13	35	2	0

How to read the charts

For example: In january, you will get 9 hours of average sunlight in Bombay and the overall temperature will vary between 13 and 35 (Celcius) in this area of India. Usually you shouldn't see more than 0 rainy days wich is representative of this part of Asia.

What to do in Bombay : Tips, places, hotels and restaurants

Bombay Bombay is the capital of an Indian state called Maharashtra: it has about 13 million inhabitants. It is the commercial capital of India, and a global financial platform. It also includes the film studios and television schools. Its standard of living is higher than in most other regions of India.

Several sites deserve your attention: the terraced gardens of the Hanging Gardens, the magnificent building of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, the Prince of Wales Museum, Gateway of India and Indo-moorish style so characteristic of the fountain in the center of Flora the city but also close to the city on Sanjay Gandhi National Park with panthers and hundreds of species of birds, and the Cave of Elephanta, with its sculptures of the 6th century. You can also get lost in the markets and to enjoy the festival of smells and colors, animation and exciting sound of dozens of languages spoken all around you, and you linger a few temples to observe the rituals practiced. Push down to Chowpatty and Juhu beaches, huge and very popular.

Avoid at all events to visit Mumbai between June and September, during hot and humid, where the monsoon may sometimes catastrophic consequences.

For your travel, pending the completion of the Mumbai Metro, taxis and rickshaws are very present and effective.