hey everyone in our last video you saw us in Kolkata and since then we have made our
way all the way to the other side of India to visit the city of Mumbai
Mumbai is 21 million people and it's a city that never sleeps so there's lots to do and lots of see so come
with us and explore on our first full day here [Music]
21 million people and I feel like they're all here today guys this is our first stop we're here at India oh no we're
here at the Gateway of India it's very similar to India Gate but that's all the way in Delhi
here is the Gateway of India and it's uh it's a pretty nice looking gate it's beautiful
it's been here since the very early 1900s it was built to commemorate the first British
monarch coming to India and actually what I think is kind of cool about it is that it's
also the place where the Brits left from in 1948 when India gained its independence today
it's a very popular destination for both foreigners and locals you don't have to pay anything
to get in here which is why I feel like it's extra busy or its just Mumbai I like that
it like looks pretty Colonial but then you see like the archways and like the design
in the left and right sides here which are very typical of like Indian architecture so
it's got a beautiful Indian twist I'm also noticing there's a ton of people trying to
sell you like photos photographers with their nice cameras it's very interesting very very
busy place everyone's taking advantage of the Calamity I think but I will say it is
for good reason it is a very photogenic spot in front of the Gateway of India very very
pretty place so something right off the Hop that we noticed here is that I have been asked
by about a billion people to have their photo taken with me which I am just not a fan of
people don't love when I say no um but it is a necessity because once you say yes to
somebody it's like everybody notices and then you can't get away like you just can't get
away and uh yeah I'm not loving it so so I broke a few Hearts today actually I broke
about three dozen Hearts already it's like a full-time job saying no to photos so we
found the harbor it is literally right behind the gate of India it's very beautiful it looks
like you can take a boat ride we're seeing a bunch of people get into boats um and then
I'm assuming go around the water don't know exactly where they go that could be cool but
I will say be careful of pickpockets here we just found somebody like very much following
us standing really really close to us working with his buddy yeah anyway I think be careful
here this might be a place where you need to be very cautious of your belongings
we're being tailed there's a fella behind us in a creamy yellow shirt following us everywhere
so we're now doing circles around the Gate of India to just kind of test our theory that
we're being followed so much fun
still there I'm not sure all right we walked through a massive crowd of people I think
we lost our tail just waiting to see if he like bursts out of the crowd but I think we
might have lost him to be fair we gave him lots of glares like we see you stop chasing
us to be honest like we've been here in India for like over a month now and uh been in very
very crowded places but this is probably the first time I've ever really felt like we were
being watched for our belongings oh yeah for our stuff yeah yeah we actually did see another
Vlog where someone did get pickpocketed here and they had nothing in their pockets so it
wasn't a big deal but
I think maybe we're like being more conscious of it because of that as well so it's one
of the reasons we say no to the photos unfortunately it does happen to foreigners that you are
getting photos with people and they just take what's in your pockets so yeah gotta be careful Gotta Be Careful
by the way I'll mention something on the way out here this is the
security point to get in it is like the loosest security Point you'll ever see basically it's
just like they separate you into like men and women lines and you just like walk through
like metal detectors that aren't even on with officers sitting there not doing anything
just not even looking at people so maybe there's supposed to be some security but really doesn't
feel that way [Music]
wow this place is busy
so just outside the Gateway of India is like a super super busy like little market
I think people are selling snacks and water and things like that it is so packed I think
everybody is just like trying to find some reprieve from the from the heat today because
it's like 33 degrees and like super humid
yeah I love how the dog's just sleeping there in the middle of a super busy sidewalk I'm
surprised nobody's walked into him all right so just to our right is what's called Taj
Mahal Palace it's a hotel beautiful hotel it's also been here since the early 1900s
and is visited by many many very important people especially back in the day and sadly
it was also the site of um one of the sites of the bombings in 2008 that happened here
in Mumbai and actually if you've seen the movie Hotel Mumbai this is the hotel that
you see in that movie apparently it is absolutely gorgeous inside we're gonna see if we can
maybe grab a coffee inside just so we can have a good excuse to go inside and look around
because it does look very stunning
so according to booking.com you could come here for as little as about 27 000 rupees
which some quick math one second 327 USD right now for one evening in the most basic room
I will say walking around this hotel I feel incredibly out of place there are a bunch
of pictures here of like really famous people who've come to this hotel including like Barack
Obama and Oprah and Justin Trudeau like real fancy people and we're just like do do doo
can I have a coffee the cheapest thing on your menu so I knew we were coming to this
hotel today so I'm like I'll wear like a button-up shirt you know maybe kind of blend in a little
bit not look like a Backpacker you know like I don't think it's working but you know we're
we're walking with confidence I don't feel confident
alright we have left the hotel it is a gorgeous hotel man it's beautiful it's definitely worth
a stop you can even just go inside you don't have to go to the cafe
you can just go inside and look around and feel how Swanky it is and then leave we didn't
film it but I gotta say if you go inside use the washroom in there it is so so nice it's
really beautiful like if you need to go while you're here at the Gateway of India just hold
it just go to the hotel grab a coffee use the washroom it's awesome it's very nice that's
our top tip for the day but now but now we're in the taxi we're headed over to our next
spot Chowpatty Beach
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holy smokes so we've come to Chowpatty Beach of course Mumbai is actually on the
coast so we get to see the Arabian Sea for the first time which just sounds really cool
there is something very neat about like visiting different bodies of water around the world
for some reason I really like that anyway I think I found where one million of the 20
million population here in Mumbai are today so there's one million at the Gateway of India
and now there's a second million here
this would be an awesome place for like the family you know fun for the whole family I
think it would by hang out on the beach what I am wondering though is if the water is like
something you can actually get into I'm curious true cause not gonna lie we haven't seen a
lot of clean water here in India no I saw it like from the Harbor from the Gateway of
India and it looked pretty brown um but oh no that's not stopping people oh yeah no there's
people in the water yeah people are in
firstly I'll say that some parts of the beach are cleaner than others but here's not too
bad the water is actually quite warm I don't think I would swim but I am excited though
um we are looking forward to a beach after spending a lot of time in very very busy Indian
cities so not too long from now we're going to be heading down south to more popular beach
destinations in India so I'm really looking forward to that all right I don't want to
take my shoes off it just looks a little too dirty for me so I touched it with my fingers
instead gotta be able to see you've touched the Arabian Sea that's a thing Mico has got
to touch the bodies of water all the time Okay so we've rented a mat for 30 rupees and
we're just gonna sit and enjoy this place watch the people watch the sun go down just
hang out take in the Mumbai vibes although I want to say I don't know if you rented it
or bought it no we definitely rented it are you sure oh yeah yeah yeah are you sure this
is a very well used mat I don't think we bought this for 30 rupees I think maybe we did buy
a well used I mean I think it's a 30 rupee rental for as long as you want so
I feel like it's actually somewhat peaceful here even though there are so many people
and I think the reason is because of this 30 rupee mat I feel like I have a place that
I belong and nobody else should be in this spot it does feel pretty nice to have a little
mat it's also because the beach is so big that it actually can accommodate this many
people um yeah there's actually like a lot of room here I think that is helping a lot
but it is fun to just like sit here people watch no no water we're being offered water
every few minutes but besides that we're actually not really being hassled very much I mean
you can't go thirsty with all this water no you can't go thirsty there's enough water
vendors here for the whole country [Music]
so something that's been really nice here in Mumbai is you can typically get taxis that
are metered here so oftentimes they'll try to negotiate a price but you can just say
I want the meter I want to meter I want the meter and so far that's worked out for us
they're just using the meter which is great as a foreigner who doesn't know what the price
should be [Music]
he tried to give me too much change that's kind
well this is a bummer we came to a place called Aram Vada Pav was recommended To Us by actually
a couple that we met on the train when we first arrived to Mumbai like a day ago and
they sell like a really popular Mumbai street food but they are closed on Sundays so I guess
we are out of luck today which is a bummer um they're like the original store I guess
and they've been here for like a long time since 1939 the sign says anyway we will try
and find the food anyway we just won't be able to get it from the shop we were hoping
to get it from okay so just conveniently like literally four doors down or two doors down
here there's like a little Street stall that sells the food that we're looking for
in vada potato, onion, and some spices okay perfect
alright so this is vada pav it's like super famous here in Mumbai to get it's like one of their
biggest street foods it's a vegetarian street food dish consisting of like a deep fried
potato kind of mix in between bread and some Chutney it was 20 rupees and it looks really
good
if you've been watching this channel long enough you know that I am not the expert of
telling you what's inside food I am the expert of telling you how good it is but I can say
that this is one like nice quick easy meal for 20 rupees this is definitely gonna fill
you up it looks like Mushy mushier than I thought ooh I like this spicy of course but
I like that it's hot
and it's like crispy on the outside really nice and soft on the inside and I can taste
it I think fresh coriander wow oh I like this
so we loved it so much we are now on our third
now that we finished dinner we can finally show you guys what's around us because we've
been kind of holding off showing you the entire street because it's incredible so Mumbai is
one of those cities that you just have to explore at night for a few good reasons and
this street is one of them you guys ready I'm gonna spin you guys around
Tada how beautiful is that that is a train station we have some beautiful buildings around
us yeah the one behind us right here is the CST or Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
which is like one of the main train stations here in Mumbai and it's also like one of the
busiest train stations in the entire world yeah it's intense but the outside honestly
at night time like we drove by this is the day we were like this place is incredible
so we had to bring you guys here because it was just so beautiful and just to like top
this off right to the side of it to the right hand side here is another gorgeous building
this is actually the municipal building the Civic building so this is where the mayor
sits this is where he works from all day it's it's also a beautiful building especially
at night because they light it up it's all like decked out in red and when we passed
it on a taxi it just looks so ominous like I feel like it's like a villain's house or
something I was just like it Darth Vader gonna come out of there or something but no it's
just the mayor of Mumbai yeah it's really beautiful though this this little Street here
we're literally in the middle of the street like on a little what do you call this thing
on a little stanchion what is this called I don't think it's the safest place to vlog
no we're on a median we're not gonna get hit
we're not like in the middle of traffic no we are but on a piece of cement yeah yeah
um but truly this street has to be like the most beautiful in Mumbai but you have to come
at night if you're coming to Mumbai
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wow this place is amazing okay so we're inside CST and it's like actually a UNESCO world
heritage site this is one of the most busiest Railway stations in like the entire world
I mean look at this place it's so alive okay so we have a bit of a funny story to share
with you guys when we arrived to Mumbai we arrived into the airport and we needed to
get to our hotel which is actually near this train station we decided let's try like the
metro and the public transit system because it didn't look like it was going to take much
longer than a taxi and it was like one percent of the cost what we didn't realize is that
that transportation system included taking this train when it first came in there were
people already hanging out from the doors of the train and then we realized like okay
this is going to be a pretty chaotic onboarding we're gonna have to get in pretty quick well
we didn't realize it was getting on Indian quick because it was like it was like a stampede
in while there was a Stampede out of the train people were coming out people were trying
to go in it was honestly Mayhem it was such an interesting introduction to Mumbai but
like I mean we made it it was fine it was fun it was so so crowded so crowded inside
the cart we were so packed in like sardines I was touching like minimum five or six people
at all times but everyone was great with me they like made sure that I got a seat right
away all the fellas stood up they're like you sit here you sit here which is great because
I had my big backpack on which was weighing me down we kind of had already a whole Adventure
and like a whole thing with the train We're Not Gonna Take it today no but if you are
coming to Mumbai we highly recommend you give it a try this is like a serious experience
so if you're in Mumbai you have to take the train also fun fact if you've ever seen Slumdog
Millionaire this is actually where they filmed that famous like Jai Ho
final song it was at this train station
all right so that's a wrap on exploring Mumbai today thank you so much for joining us in
today's video make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next video where we're gonna
be exploring the awesome Mumbai food scene thanks for watching I just got this dude hanging
out here I got a time lapse going for you guys and this guy's just been standing here
forever I think this time lapse actually should be pretty funny I've seen some people do some
pretty weird things in front of this camera so we'll see if you can notice when it's all
sped up it's funny to watch from here [Music]