Well if you click Gateway of India, you also click the Taj Mahal Palace and Towers. Next time hopefully I will make it before the sunset and manage better than a almost white and completely black sky!
Category: Hotels
The Best Western Royal King’s ArmS at Lancaster, UK
I have stayed with the Best Western hotels three times, once in Amsterdam, then in Modena and most recently in Lancaster. I found all of them quite good value for money (all were official visits so I was anyway not paying for the stay). The Best Western King’s Arms hotel is conveniently located in the…
A Trip to the Fisherman’s Lodge at Bhimtal
A few months back I got a mail saying if I would like to visit the Fisherman’s Lodge at Bhimtal in the near future. I knew the person writing the mail but I still confirmed with them, “Was it an invitation or advertising.” When I got the answer that it was an invitation from the…
Haveli Braj Bhushanjee, Bundi, Rajasthan
A Painting on the Wall in our Room at Haveli Braj Bhushanjee, Bundi, Rajasthan When we got down at the Bundi railway station it was as usual without a hotel booking. I had an idea (from reading about Bundi at Indiamike) that most of the hotels in Bundi are in the Nawal Sagar area. And…
Gopi the Turtle at the Mangalam Guest House, Bundi, Rajasthan
I fell for Bundi by reading about it on the Indiamike Travel Forum. What I found most curious on that long thread was the description of a guest house that had a pet turtle! Then imagine my surprise when after landing and securing a hotel there, Brat 2 and I stumbled upon it as soon…
Conversations with David at Taj Safari Lodge Banjaar Tola, Madhya Pradesh
I met David before a dinner at Taj Safari’s Banjaar Tola Lodge. There was Alger (the naturalist who took me to Kanha National Park for all my four rides) an Indian couple staying at the lodge, Mohit (another employee) and myself. All of us were chatting nineteen to a dozen. The Indian couple had a…
The Kahna National Park/Taj Safari Article at Gonomad
Dancing Peacock at Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India My full article about the Kanha National Park/Taj Safari Lodge (in collaboration with the African firm & Beyond) is now up at Gonomad- I saw Gaurs (resembles a bison), cheetals (a type of deer), peacocks andeven wild boars but there was no sign of the elusive…
Rooms at the Taj Safari Lodge, Banjaar Tola
The Rooms at the Taj Safari Lodge at Banjaar Tola, Near Kanha National Park Madhya Pradesh I have to say upfront that you would usually not see such pictures at my blog simply because we do not stay at resorts. All the three times when I have stayed at fancy places in India it has…
Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds- A Review
This time in Leeds, I stayed at the Park Plaza. I initially had no clue what kind of money was available for this trip (remember this was for work) and what kind of hotel could I afford. It was quite close to the trip that I realized that I could manage to stay in a…
How Does a Typical Home Stay at Spiti (Himachal Pradesh, India) Look Like?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeVFNPsT2g] This video has the partial answer. How I wish I had moved the camera gently and not with the jerky movements that will probably give you a headache. The video was taken at Langza, our first day at the Spiti trek. The first room where there are a lot of people is typical of…