| If you're
feeling energetic, a stroll down Marine Drive is possibly
the best way to discover Mumbai. This is a windswept
promenade, flanked by the sea and a row of art deco
buildings. Looped between the concrete jungle of Nariman
Point, Mumbai's Manhattan, and the leafy green slopes of
Malabar hill, Marine Drive was once called the queen's
Necklace, strung with glittering street lights like an
enormous strand of imperious jewels. It is also one of
Mumbai's busiest roads, an important artery for the heavy
suburban traffic heading downtown. Cars whiz continually
past the two mile stretch, past huddled lovers, children
and babies in perambulators. Like other seafronts, this
is where most of south Mumbai comes to breathe in some
fresh air. |
