Love at first sight!

There is something about Mumbai that makes everyone fall in love with it. And I am the latest victim to it. I have just been to Mumbai twice. On my first visit, I thought I fell in love with it. My second visit just confirmed. But indeed it was love at first sight!

How and where do I even begin? The city is so full of life. Everybody is always on the move. As if they will lose out on their life even if they stop for some time. Well, who knows? And nobody is really bothered if you are matching their pace or even walking with them. You have to make your own efforts and make your way through to get ahead of all. It is so motivating. It is at least to me.

Mumbai Locals- the two words are enough! The experience is amazing. You have to be very careful at the peak hours but you get to see all kinds of people- students, teachers, travelers, office goers etc. and they are all so busy in their own lives. It is like the locals are a city in itself because it literally is the medium of travel for millions of people daily.

Gateway of India- the view of the endless and so many ships floating in there just makes you feel so happy about everything. And the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is just the icing on the cake. You feel so proud of just being a part of everything.

Marine Drive- I had only dreamt of going there, sitting by the endless sea at night and just looking at it. I had forgotten my own theory for a life- "Dreams do come true!" And here i was sitting by the sea, watching the sea waves come and go, watching the airplanes take off and land at a distance. It was a different feeling altogether; something that cannot be explained, just felt. The smile just stuck on my face. It simply refused to go. I was genuinely very happy (one of those rare moments). I so wanted the time to just stop so that i could live in that moment for as long as I wanted. It didn't, of course!

But I was super lucky to have got a chance to spend the night in a sea-facing flat, on the 20th floor, which meant the flat also faced the Bandra-Worli sea-link. It is a view i will not forget all my life. All night, I just sit by the window, admiring the rising and falling sea waves, airplanes taking off and landing, Mumbai skyline and the contant traffic on the sea-link and the other roads I could see. Surely, this city never sleeps. But I did, sitting by the window itself. And it is a sleep I will dream of forever!