Mumbai is one of among the island of city of India starting from Chowpatty in the south to Juhu-Versova in the western suburbs and further up. Generally Filims and books have for long celebrated the city�s shoreline. Who can forget desperate, crazy closing moment of satya?
From morning to midnight Sunday I spent in Chowpatty beach and also in few showroom and market place. Every body knows Chowpatty is the heart of Mumbai. You can observe on one side are the downtown commercial center and the elegant, crescent-shaped curve of marine drive; on the other, the prosperous zone of Malabar Hill. Sandwiched between the two is Mumbai�s middleclass paradise in Chowpatty beach. As I spent whole day in that beach, I have noticed that in the daytime, this covered in dust stretch is home to those who sit around or doze on the sand under banyan trees. Other beautiful scenery is Pigeons; pigeons are fluttering around a feeding area at the one end of the beach; a few fishing boats bob up and down in the water. Another advance in this beach is Nana-Nani park, it especially made for the senior citizens who seek some quite moment, it located close by beach; there�s a small garden. In the evening you will feel quite different when halogen lamps come on and spill their warm yellow across the golden stretches and when light falls in sea beach, it becomes a dazzling open air party for families, students and in the self absorbed lovers. It is the right place for lovers; I observed so many lovers are gathering especially in evening time to share their love.
If you feel hungry then go to bhutta stalls, it�s just nearer the waves, also we can find garam chana vendors and pannwallahs.Test of garam chana and pan�s test is totally different. Chai-coffee boys bring their kettles and plastic cups to your mat. Maalish-wallahs offer there services while ear cleaners and astrologers wait hopefully on the sidelines. Vendors sell colorful balloons, clouds of cotton candy and all manner of plastic goodies � toys, cherry watches, whirring fans and battery-operated planes. Young man offer paid ride for children in small fiberglass cars and jeeps. If you want to entertainment, here entertainment on offer includes gaint wheel, merry-go-rounds. A group throws rubber rings, mostly without success, at thump of bottles. I also played gaint wheel with my friends, before that I have played gaint wheel but playing with friends in
Chowpatty beach different.
I have seen so many families comes to Chowpatty in evening armed with plastic packets, footballs, Frisbees and cameras and then forget about it all, instead of taking their shoes and setting down on the sand, their legs stretched our, feeling the salty breeze upon their cheeks and grains of sand between their toes. One more interested things is that boys from nearby food stalls roam around with rolled-up reed mats under their arms and plastic-laminated menus in their hands, urging you to sit on the sand and place your orders.
After spending whole day, I return to home around 2pm, this was my first beach visit in Mumbai. So guys if you have any beach experience, come and share with me. You can share your experience through my blog by commenting or you can mail me as
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