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15 ways to make Mumbai interesting
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Social · Free

Strike up a chai-tapri conversation with a total stranger

Anywhere
Taste · Cheap

Eat the spiciest street thing the vendor recommends, no questions

Anywhere
Wander · Cheap

Take an overnight sleeper train with no fixed plan at the other end

Anywhere
Inner · Free

Do a 10-day Vipassana with zero talking

Anywhere
Social · Free

Busk / play / sing one song in a public square

Anywhere
Taste · Cheap

Cook a full meal from one local market run

Anywhere
Wander · Free

Trek to a village that isn't on Google Maps

Anywhere
Social · Free

Crash a random local festival and join the dancing

Anywhere
Social · Cheap

Get a cutthroat shave from a roadside barber

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Taste · Cheap

Order what the regular beside you got at an Irani cafe

Mumbai
Water · Free

Wade into the secret turquoise river pool the locals know but Google doesn't

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Wander · Free

Ask the cafe owner for the place that isn't on any map

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Wander · Free

Walk to a forest waterfall and stay till the cafes shut

Anywhere
Taste · Cheap

Eat a fish so fresh the river is still under your seat

Anywhere
Inner · Free

Spend one full day in a place where signal already gives up

Anywhere