Mumbai - Post Report Question and Answers
If you move here, you can leave behind your:
Expectations about India. - Apr 2024
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
