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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Water supply lines in Girgaon!!!
This building in Shenvi Wadi in Girgaon was built before piped water came to Mumbai... No wonder each house has a separate water connection that has led to this amazing tangle!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Streets of 'Black Bombay'
Image Courtesy: Pictures of India from the 1884 D. Appleton book 'The Earth and Its Inhabitants', by Élisée Reclus. Map of 'Old Bombay'
This century old map of the City of Mumbai clearly shows the demarcation between the two parts of the city... seen here as 2 distinct pink clusters. The one to the south is the 'White Bombay' or 'Fort' where the Europeans stayed during 'The Raj' and the larger cluster to the north is where the 'natives' stayed... often referred to as the 'Black Bombay' by the Western World.
Though most tourists are able see the Fort Area, very few make it to places like Girgaon, Kalbadevi, Dongri, Pydhunie, Bhuleshwar etc. Not much has changed in these boroughs over the last century... but it may not last long. KHAKI TOURS will strive to unlock this unexplored area to discerning tourists like you!
Click on the image for a detailed view.
Image courtesy http://www.wikipedia.org/
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The Mission
To show offbeat parts of Mumbai (which tourist rarely see) in an open jeep… so that they can experience the Culture, Architecture, Nature, Sounds, Smell and ‘People on the Street’ at close quarters!
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