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Southern India

View of the Gateway to India lit up in the early evening.

A tourist in the crowd at the Gateway to India.. me.

The Taj Mahal Palace lit up in the early evening.

Driving by the Gate Way to India the following morning with no one on the plaza

City park Saturday morning filled with teams playing Cricket

Central downtown area of Mumbai, formerly called Bombay, across the bay

The Mosque Haji Ali Dargah is located on a small island in the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai. The pathway leading to it gets submerged during high tide, making it accessible only during low tide periods. The Haji Ali Dargah was constructed in 1431 in memory of a wealthy Muslim merchant, who gave up all his worldly possessions before making a pilgrimage to Mecca.

This area is near the Dharavi slum area.

Dharavi is home to an estimated one million people.

Amazingly 60% of Mumbai's populations live in Dharavi or other slums located within Mumbai.

The total area of Dharavi is only about 1.5 square miles.

Here we have a young man ironing clothes. He later showed me that the iron has hot coal inside the iron to keep it hot to iron the clothes as a living for him..

Car decked out for a special occasion.

As we walked through the maze of buildings, alleyways it was very easy to get lost in just one turn of a corner.

Dennis looking back to see if I am lost again. I kept stopping and talking to kids, shop keepers, locals.

Around ever corner or turn was another photo opportunity of daily life.

Even through an open window and bars it is easy to make a new friend, take a photo and share. He was so thrilled to see as photo of himself.

We were told that Dharavi is one of the most densely populated areas on earth.

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