safety (2)

You should culitvate friends in locations where you are planning to visit. Make contacts on internet bulletin boards and seek advice from like-minded locals on any activities/hotels/restaurants etc.

This is always the best way to minimise your risk when visiting a new city (or even one that you have been to many times!). Also, be prepared to help others with advice on your own city also :-)

The best way to get around Mumbai is to hire a chauffeur-driven car from your hotel. This way you’ll be transported in air-conditioned luxury and will be guaranteed to be safe. The taxis are hot and drivers sometimes deliberately misunderstand you, or will take you the long way round to tot up the fare on the meter.