Monday, February 20, 2017 ~ Last Day in Mumbai

We left the hotel at 9:30 this morning. First we went to the Hanging Gardens where members of a certain religious sect used to put dead bodies on platforms and let the vultures eat the flesh. Now the bodies are mummified by using solar panels to dehydrate the bodies. Using this process, the bodies don’t stink. One third of the population of that religion live in Mumbai. 

We passed by the most expensive house in world which cost over a billion dollars.  It is the modern building pictured behind the cream colored one in front.

There is an unusual lunch box serice in Mumbai.  Men on bicycles pick up lunches made by women for their husbands and children to deliver in time for lunch.  Women are too busy helping family members get ready for work and school in the mornings, so they make their lunches after the family is gone.  The lunches are picked up at homes and delivered to their schools or work places.  The lunches have to be ready on time, because the delivery people have many to pick up and deliver.  They will not wait.

Next we went to the Ghandi Museum. This is an old house where he stayed when he went to Bombay, now called Mumbai.

 We entered on the first floor which had the reception and offices.  The second floor had framed copies of articles, pictures, and letters about Ghandi. The third floor had very intricate dioramas showing the events in his life. Each one was filled with many realistic figures of people. I can’t even begin to estimate how much time even one of the dioramas took to make.

After the museum we ate our last lunch together. Then we were driven back to the hotel where we said good-bye to Jonli, our city guide. 

 Paul and I will be checking out of the hotel at 11:30 this evening to go to the airport to take our 3:30 A.M. flight. We will try to sleep for a few hours before we leave.