Mumbai - Post Report Question and Answers

If you move here, you can leave behind your:

winter clothes, sense of personal space, and traffic etiquette. - Jul 2023


entire wardrobe (buy new clothes here!) and car. - May 2023


Expectations. - Aug 2021


Winter clothes, boots, sense of calm, and western credit cards. - Nov 2020


Winter coat, bikes. - Aug 2019


Bicycles, skateboards, warm jackets, surfboards, and skis. - Mar 2019


Sanity :-) Cold weather clothes, outdoor sports equipment. - May 2018


Running shoes, cold weather clothes. - Jun 2017


Car, cold weather gear and clothes. - Aug 2015


Winter coat! Although maybe not, because you might want to take a trip somewhere cold to get away from the sameness of the weather here. But you won't need it in Mumbai. Also leave behind your need for efficiency and your impatience. - Nov 2014


Nice shoes, winter coat. - Mar 2014


Impressions of India as a hell hole. You can live like a prince, and a pauper too if you so wish. And your impressions of India as one huge boiling furnace. You have the world's highest motorable roads in India, and large parts of the Himalayas remain frozen year-round. - Feb 2014


Expectations that it will be like New York, or that it's extremely poor, or that everyone speaks English. - Aug 2013


Expectations. Generally, the lower your expectations for EVERYTHING in India, the happier you will be. You also won't need your bicycle--unless you're insane! Forget any outdoor/sports equipment, as you won't really have anywhere to use it. - May 2013


bicycle (too dangerous and chaotic to bike here) and winter clothes (it never gets cold). - Feb 2013


winter coats. - Dec 2010


Warm weather clothes. - Aug 2008


Snow gear, coats, and extra furniture. - Jul 2008


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