Personal website of Mithun Divakaran, a guy you may or may not know -- or like.
Date: January 20, 2025
I began my day stopping by Antilia, the tallest and most expensive private residence in the world. After that I walked all the way to Malabar Hill.
Upon leaving, I asked the staff at Pramod Navalkar Viewing Gallery if they knew how I could get to Marine Drive from there. I was told there is a bus stop just a short walk from the viewing deck.
Date: January 20, 2025
After arriving in Bandra yesterday, I just had one full day left to spend in Mumbai. The plan for today was visit Mukesh Ambani uncle’s house, Marine Drive, and then visit Jio World Drive mall if I had the time.
Just like I routed my journey from Parel to Ulwe purposely to ride across the Mumbai Transharbour Link Expressway, I routed my Uber journey to Worli simply to experience the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
Date: January 17, 2025
After window-shopping at Phoenix Palladium mall followed by some skyscraper-gazing yesterday, I had to check out of Pals Hotel and head to Navi Mumbai.
I checked out and booked an Uber to take me across the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link a.k.a Atal Setu.
I purposely chose to go to Ulwe just to take a ride on the brand new expressway.
At 21.8 km, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world’s 12th longest sea bridge. It’s the fastest route connecting Mumbai with Navi Mumbai (Navi = new). The ₹17,843 crore ($2.1 billion) was 80% funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The lead contractors were Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Japan’s construction major IHI Corporation.
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