Getting hot water for bathing, in hotel bathrooms, is a time-consuming  effort.

It always wastes a LOT of water. (At least, when there's a bucket below the tap, I am able to use it for flushing...but often the only bucket would be the one I might kick by the time I get the hot water.)

Sometimes, even after all that waste, the water is either tepid ( Read more... )

Differential treatment ( Read more... )

As I took the bus to the Ibis Hotel (near the Arlanda airport) from Stockholm Central, I saw what I thought was a parked and exhibited Jumbo (Boeing 747).


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As we entered the Woodlands Hotel just off Richmond Circle, to attend a wedding, our attention was riveted by this little gem, parked in the campus:


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Found this lovely name on a restaurant signboard on the way back from Kaziranga...


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We'd specifically booked by the am flight to Delhi (which meant leaving home at 4am) to ensure that we could drive down to Bharatpur and do an evening birding session...alas, the best-laid plans of mice and men ( Read more... )

In response to our protests against

the promotional offer by Club Mahindra homestay at Castle Bera, Mahindras and Castle Bera have removed the offer from their website ( Read more... )

I do love staying in resorts which have maintained the traditional idiom in architecture. I enjoyed staying at the

Sterling Heritage Resort in Swamimalai, Tamizh Nadu, a few years ago...the swimming pool in the resort is what would have been the theppa kuLam, or temple tank, in the village agrahAram!

So staying at the

Kayaloram resort was ( Read more... )

One of the places that typifies Pondy Bazar, in Theagaraya Nagar (no one EVER calls it that, it's only referred to as T.Nagar! More about initial names for areas later)....is

Sri Balaji Bhavan

...there's been a restaurant (in Tamil Nadu we call them "hotels") around on this spot for as long as I can remember.

( more about Balaji Bhavan..and do you want the police on your doorstep? )

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