" AaMcHi MuMbHai "

OCT 17th 2006(My B'Day)---my manager Arun calls me to confirm the trip to Mumbai...
OCT 18th 2006---Departure from Bangalore by Jet airways @ 11:30 & arriavl @ Mumbai Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminal @ 13:05...
Drive to Hotel Mirador,Chakala ,Andheri East,Mumbai 400 009,located about 15minutes from the airport. Herez the link for the mirador http://www.themirador.com/
A quick shower & its lunch time,briefly discussed the purpose of our visit & off to our rooms---
Gaurav & Myself (304)
Babu & Vinay (314)
Deepak & Nilesh (117)
Sujay & Ashwin (309)
The shift starts @ 03:30, we were picked by the cabs on time & we reach Stream (a unit under which u have Dell,Earthlink & AOl)
After the introduction with the teams & their managers,we held a crew brief on the plan of action.
Working as mentors was as smooth as it can be bcoz of the team's co-operation...



Well now comes the 1st encounter of Mumbai---the day was 21-oct-2006.
We all planned to go to Church gate by the local train & got into ricks,7 of us in 3 ricks---2 ricks land @ Andheri east gate & the other @ Andheri west gate & the unlucky boy was Gaurav...afer waiting for abt 10minutes myself & Babu went over to the other gate in hunt of Gaurav...after we came back empty handed,Nilesh & Sujay wanted to try their luck...after their unsuccessful hunt when they were coming back 2 meet us, a so called local railway inspector caught them 4 tresspassing the railway premises without a ticket & they had a pay a fine of 260/- to come out safe---tat was the end of adventure of Mumbai local train.
Finally after abt 2 1/2 hrs Gaurav returned back 2 the hotel..The Mirador was celebrating Diwali (we were all missing our family). Lost in those thoughts we all went out 2 Sai palace for dinner.


Next immediate outing was 2 Haji Ali http://www.mtdcindia.com/Mumbai/Haji_Ali_Mosque.htm(Zainul from Stream Aol was our guide).We went on a friday & it was gud 2 b a part of tat crowd.
Next outing was to Gateway of Indiahttp://www.mumbainet.com/travel/gateway.htm.Tat was fun,the boat ride,chaupati & the golla.



Our fun in the Hotel never ended...
we were all scheduled to return back 2 bangalore on 4th Nov,but we were requested 2 stay back for another 2 weeks & we did not want 2 say NO...

Babu & Vinay had some important work back in Bangalore & they left on the 4th of NOV.

The rest of us as usual continued the project having fun @ work & @ the hotel.

When it comes 2 shoppin Mumbai is the cheap & best place...i really did not have much on my list 2 shop...

I can go on & on with the minute details of the trip...but the world is a small place & wen we meet we shall speak...

The link below has captured some of the best moments :-
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