Our trip ended with an additional day’s tour through Mumbai with part of our tour group.  We started the day with an aromatic journey through Sassoon Docks Fish Market as the fishermen were unloading their boats.  This was followed by a walk through Dobi Ghat, an open air laundromat where many hotels send their linens to be washed by hand.  To top off the day, we hopped on the train and meandered through the tangle of streets and alleyways in Dharavi, the largest slum in India.

After saying goodbye to our travelling companions, we headed to the St. Regis hotel for a couple of days of rest (and a few museum and art gallery tours) before heading home.

Taj Hotel – Mandatory Mumbai Picture #1

India Gate – Mandatory Mumbai Picture #2

Cleaning Shrimp at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Covered sorting and market area at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Keeping an eye out for a quick snack at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Plenty of fish….. at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Dan entertaining the troops at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Offloading the day’s catch at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Lots of ice is needed to keep things fresh at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Can’t get much fresher than this at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Boats at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Cacophony of colours at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Cool man at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Loading the trucks at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

It’s been a long morning already at Sassoon Docks Fish Market Mumbai

Laundry at Dhobi Ghat

Laundry at Dhobi Ghat

Laundry at Dhobi Ghat

Laundry at Dhobi Ghat

Getting homemade lunches out in Mumbai

Dabbawala sorting homemade lunches in mumbai

Dabbawala sorting homemade lunches in mumbai

Dabbawala sorting homemade lunches in mumbai

Mumbai train station

Flying a kite in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Back alleys in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Sparks fly in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Clothes dying shop in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Electric work in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Sorting recycling in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

More recycling in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Cool duds in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Well used bike in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Colourful temple in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Meeting of the waters in Dharavi slum, Mumbai

Mumbai oasis, St. Regis Hotel

Reclining Buddha at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Reclining Buddha from the back at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Close up of art glass from Tata Collection at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Jayashree Chakravarty’s Earth as Haven at Jehangir Nicholson’s Art Foundation Room at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya