There’s quite a bit of scary violence going on in Mumbai right now. Travelers from all over have been taken hostage at 10 different sites around town, the most famous being the Taj Hotel. As the death toll rises, bloggers planning trips in India are writing about their fears and possible changes in travel plans.
The Taj Hotel in Mumbai
Mattravels81 had just left Mumbai, when he found out about the attacks.
As some of you have heard (and I just learned this only an hour ago after stepping off the train from Varanassi), there were massive terrorist attacks in the Colaba region of Mumbai, where I stayed barely two weeks ago. The Taj hotel, Mumbai’s largest luxury hotel and a place I had lunch on my first day, was one of the places under seige and as many as 15 foreign hostages were held by gunmen. Again, I am fine, and there are no signs of civil unrest on the other side of the country where I am now.
-from “I am ok! (I think)“, Kolkata, India
Andreasolo writes about her decision to continue on her trip to India.
Oh, No! Should I stay or should I go? After some- too many- frustrated conversations and finally finding some phone-call-free time to think: I should go. So, I’m going. I’m not going to be staying in those five-star hotels; I’m not eating at western restaurants or staying in western hotels … I’m looking forward to meeting other Americans or westerners in general that are headed that way, to find out what their today was like.
“Did your mom call you up and tell you that you were stabbing her in the heart with a knife, too?”
“Did your brother call to tell you that you couln’t die and leave him to deal with the knife that you stuck in your mom’s heart, too?”
“Did like, fifty of your friends call and leave messages while you were on other calls with friends telling you to check the news and where are you going and… ‘be careful’? ..Yeah?”
“Did your phone start quivering and bouncing and burning up from text messages and try to throw itself out your car window to save itself, too?”
-from “Me, 0; Universe, (too many to count)“, Portland, Oregon
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November 28, 2008 at 11:49 am |
This is something that has to be highly condemned. ITs a shame for our nation. Its time we stand together and fight this back. I came across a number of videos on the attack in the link below. They are really disturbing and making us feel for our country…
http://www.tajtube.com/watch_video.php?v=42b9409ddca4080
These coverages give us the real picture. If you see the below coverage, we get the feel that the mission to help the hostages has taken longer.
http://www.kanbal.com/index.php?/Newsflash/mumbai-terrorist-attacks.html
We cannot leave this to keep happening. These people will face it one day. The day cannot be too far. As Indians we need to stand together as one to battle the ugly face of terrorism.