Mumbai

Mumbai, August 28-September 2, September 7, September 11 2019. Got a friend to pick me up at the airport, so I can't evaluate how well UBER works from the airport. Prepaid taxi from the airport is my usual recommendation, and if I was traveling tomorrow that is what I would do. Inside of Mumbai, UBER was my go-to app and worked well. Autos (aka 'Tuk-tuks' in some places) get around well and are cheap, some are also on Uber. Be aware that unless you use a service like UBER, as a foreigner, the price will go up if you do not look and act like a local when you flag down your ride.

Food was varied and can be had in any variety, veg or non=veg, any nationality or region. Alcohol is available if you seek it out (some places will even deliver it to you with your pizza :). There are bars and night life in Mumbai that are fun, and feel free to get swept up in festival crowds in the earlier parts of the evening in major metropolitan areas. I never felt unsafe in Mumbai, but do not throw good traveler caution to the wind here.

Internet was spotty at times, but that may have just been my location. The internet tunnel I used worked, but YMMV. JIO was my phone provider of choice, and it seemed to work all across India. The city is historic and modern, slow and fast, very very rich, and desperately poor. Although prices here are higher relative to all other places in India, I will return to Mumbai (Bombay), and you should too... no one person can ever see it all.

Mumbai is a city in India. It is the capital of Maharashtra state, the most populous city in India and the 11th most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14.2 million. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia. It is also one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

It was originally a trading outpost of the Portuguese Empire, later taken over by the British East India Company. It served as the capital of the Bombay Presidency from the British colonial period until India's independence in 1947. Today, Mumbai is a bustling metropolis and the financial capital of India.

Mumbai is an alpha world city as per the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. It forms the financial capital of India and is one of the major commercial and business centres of India.