Mumbai

There is a lot to do in Mumbai, but lack of space means that for outdoorsy activities, you need to head north, often outside city limits. In the Northwestern suburbs and Thane, you will find opportunities for water sports like H20 (http://www.drishtiadventu...) at Girgaum Chowpatty. There are two golf courses in the city, the more famous one in Chembur (http://www.bpgc-golf.com/...) in the Harbour suburbs.

Mumbai has a vibrant theater scene with plays in many languages including English, Hindi, Gujarati, and Marathi. While South Mumbai has frequent performances, the best organized theater effort is at Prithvi theater, Juhu in the Western Suburbs. There are plenty of opportunities to enjoy Indian classical music and dance. While not a patch on the Sabhas of Chennai, you will find frequent performances of Carnatic music in Shanmukhananda Hall, Matunga in the South Central suburbs.

Mumbai is also usually the first stop for Western pop and rock stars visiting India, which they usually do when they are over 50. The Rock scene is very good in Mumbai. These are very safe to go to and are recommended for rock fans. Most bands cover heavy metal acts like Pantera, Six feet under, and Slipknot, but at places like 'Not just jazz by the bay', there are treats for Jazz fans, as well. To try to find places with specific music tastes try asking students outside Mumbai's colleges.Western classical music performances are rarer. However most classical music performances along with other art forms are regularly performed at NCPA (http://www.ncpamumbai.com/) and Tata Theatre (http://www.ncpamumbai.com...), both situated next to the the narrow strip at Nariman Point.

Experience Bollywood

; plan a trip film city located in goregaon and enjoy the first hand experience of bollywood shooting

Watch a Movie

; you are in the land of bollywood. expect whistles and clapping by crowd in admiration of their celebrities on the screen. most of the cinema halls run both 'popular and new' bollywood as well as hollywood movies and some even screen ones in regional languages. some of the popular hollywood screening cinema halls in south mumbai are eros opposite churchgate, metro on m.g.road, regal in colaba, sterling next to cst station, and new excelsior in fort. checkout newspaper listing to get the list of latest screenings.

Borivili National Park

Or go for flamingo watching in chembur check with bombay natural history society for further info.

Watch Cricket for Free

; cricket is has a national games stature in india, and mumbaiites revere that every day of the year. azad maidan azad ground near c.s.t. railway station, ground opposite to ruia college in matunga and shivaji park in dadar west are some of the best places to witness the cricket fever for free. look out and you may be even lucky to witness ongoing game of cricket on some of the empty streets of mumbai.

Nariman Point and Fort are the commercial hubs of the city and the most sought after destinations. There is a significant expatriate population working in the banks and financial services industries. Bandra-Kurla region has come up in recent years too, but remains less desirable.

Advertising industry is a prominent industry in Mumbai. Many of the top advertisings companies such as Lintas, O&M, Saachi & Saachi, Contract, Trikaya Grey have their offices in the city.

A good idea to make quick money is to work part-time in a BPO or a call center most of which are concentrated at Mindspace, MaladW and Hiranandani Gardens Powai. A part-time job can pay you as much as Rs 15,000 a month for just six hours a day for five days in a week. Only good for English speaking travellers.

Foreigners can also earn a quick buck as extras in Bollywood movies. Pay rates average Rs 500-700 for a full day 8AM-8PM. Bring a book as there is alot of time spent sitting around, so it's not something do do for the money. Normally you won't have to look for them as they will be asking tourists near Leopolds or your hotel manager may ask you when you book in.

sports

Mumbai inherits the cricket fever justifiably and has 3 of the finest Crickets stadiums namely Brabourne Stadium Churchgate, Wankhede Stadium Marine Lines and D.Y.Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai. Several of international cricket matches and domestic championships such as IPL have been played in these stadiums. Watch out for upcoming cricket stadium to join the cricket frenzy crowd. Apart from these, Ruia College, Shivaji Park, Azad Maidan, Marine Lines are some of the places where live cricket action can be seen for free. Alternatively if you are a football soccer fan, you may want to visit Cooperage Football ground Colaba for a local league match. For swimming enthusiasists, Mahatma Gandhi Swimming Pool Dadar W is the place to visit. For horse racing, head straight to Mahalakshmi Race Course Mahalakshmi. Powai hosts some of the finest Golf fields. For others there are many sport activities including Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton which can be practised at various clubs. Gyms are plenty and can be easily found.

festivals

While many religious festivals are celebrated by people in Mumbai, a few of these are essentially public and social occasions, where the traveller can participate.