Today was our off day. My friend is so nice for letting me see the beautiful spots in the city. We ride a train for about 45 minutes. We reached to the CST station (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus). Then we walked out from the railway station then we saw beautiful buildings. The buildings were amazingly built. Then we ride a taxi going to the Gateway of India. It is one of the most beautiful places I’ve been. There were so many people locals and foreigners visited the place. Then I was glad to see the Taj Hotel which is just facing the Gateway. We still can see the nearly finished renovation from the attack of the terrorist in that hotel last year. The hotel looks awesome. Then we walked around the place and had our lunch at Leopold’s Cafe. It is a famous place for the foreigners to dine. My friend and I were so shocked to see the remnant of the broken glasses and the bullets sites of the terrorist attack same time with the Taj hotel. My friend asked the waiter why it was still there because it is a good sight. It is a bad memory of what happened since there were many lives lost in that incident. We were so surprised what the waiter told us. He said, “It is becoming a famous site because people want to look at it.” Until now I still cannot understand why it becomes a famous site in their cafe.
After we ate our lunch, we ride a taxi going to the Breach Candy Club. While riding the taxi, we passed to the Chowpatty Beach. It is a wonderful huge beach. We let the taxi stopped for us to take some pictures of it. We spent a great time in Breach Candy club. My friend’s friend let us go in with the use of her name because you can’t go in if you are not a member. It is very beautiful place to rest and relax. They have wonderful big swimming pools and it is beside the ocean. What a great view! My friend and her friend went swimming while I was reading a wonderful book while baby sitting the baby. Then after spending about three hours in there we went to Mahalaxsmi. It is an open laundry place where so many laundries were done mostly by men. It was awesome. It was sad because when we went there it was already late so we did not get clear pictures of it. Then we went to the station to ride a train going home which is very adjacent to the place.
Wow! What a wonderful day we had. I really had a great time. I am so thankful for my dearest friend for letting me see those beautiful places.