Overview
- Indian outlets reported on Friday that 23-year-old Nico moved about 7,000 km from Paris to Mumbai and posted an Instagram video about his first three weeks in the city.
- He wrote that Mumbai makes you “completely lose your sense of distance,” saying a five-kilometre trip can mean very different travel times than expected.
- Nico said he now plans days around traffic, heat, where to find good food and chai, and that his old idea of a normal life no longer applies.
- Three weeks into the move he said he was still getting lost, learning Hindi and discovering new places, and he added that many newcomers can unexpectedly come to love the city.
- The coverage is based on user-generated Instagram content, notes his reported ~1,800 followers, and includes disclaimers that the claims were not independently verified while highlighting a common reality of Mumbai’s congested travel patterns.