several years ago i spent a few months in india doing tsunami relief work and traveling. i didn't realize i'd been bitten by the india bug until i moved back to my comfortable, yet predictable life in new york. it didn't take long for me to relocate to india full-time to try to make a life. now, after three years in mumbai, i split my time between america's east coast and india's west coast. the difference between life here and life there is that everything in india begs to be written about.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Touring Mumbai on Two Wheels
The Asiatic Society is housed at Town Hall, one of the sites on Mumbai's City Tour.
MUMBAI | Cosmopolitan hubs around the world have added bicycle tours to their roster of ways to experience culture and architecture. Touring cities like Barcelona, Paris and Amsterdam on a bike offers a romantic way to wend through a city’s history. In Mumbai, though, biking can be a bit more complicated.
Bike lanes are an anomaly here. Traffic does not follow rational rules. There are few bike stands. No maps in the land of landmarks. Definitely no right of way. In Mumbai, you ride a bike out of necessity, not leisure. But one company offers the opportunity to see the south side of the city by bike: Odati Adventures (17/8, Manish Nagar, 4 Bungalows, J.P. Road; 91-22-2287-1715; www.odati.com), which organizes all kinds of tours, including ones on two wheels. Read more at The New York Times...
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