Hotel The Prestige Mangalore

... He couldn't speak much english so we had a translator...who also couldn't speak much english. He said some things which although weren't shocking because I plan to do them, but were shocking because he knew about them. I'll just share a few snippets with you rather than quoting the hour-long session verbatim. Firstly, I'm going to be a doctor but it will take some time. Yes, and it'll take four years (duh). Secondly, our marriage will be a success. Yes I knew that, but good. Thirdly ...

My anticipated night of comfort didn't take into account the general state of Indian roads, having been spoilt by our experiences in Goa, and as a result by the time we arrived it felt like I had spent the night in a cement mixer. Our bed was right over the engine, and so felt every accelleration made, and so I resigned myself to a night with my ipod, snatching a little sleep wherever I could. However, we made good time, arriving in ...

... towards a more eco friendly atmosphere. Vehicles will be parked at the entrance parking lawns and buggies are being used to ferry guests / luggage around. Cigarettes are conspicuous in their absence and liquor is not vended at the Resort. The Resort exudes a certain inner Peace you cant place a finger on it, but it is there and that is what draws you back again and again so that "peace finds you" as their slogan promises.

... i nearly jumped on my seat...the cow would walk up to the open kitchen have a few idlis and walk out from the exit ...this can happen only in india. next day we went to thousand pillar jain temple and there was a festival of lightening 1 lac lamps after offering prayers to the deity.

... We've have been packing in the carbs with dosas (huge crispy crepes filled with different types of spicy veg), idli (rice dumpling with coconut and almond spicy sauce), lots of burfi and jalebi (indian sweets made with horrendous quantities of sugar, ghee and milk), and plenty of chai and paan of course, to aid the disgestion! Our best Mysore meal had to be the huge tasty thails served on banana leaves. Eating in most restaurants here means no cutlery and we've been ...

... Indians also think it disgusting to use the left hand to eat, as the right is the "pouring" hand, and the left is the "****" hand. Never shake hands with the left, and try not to use the left for eating anything. The left hand is fine for holding your plate, or possibly your serviette (napkin) or to hold the knife, though no-one really eats much of meat here except Westerners. Stick with the seafood wherever possible, at least in Goa, as it is cheap, plentiful and ...

... pestering you for payment if they know you, they know you will be back to pay, and believe me, they will not forget. They write everything down. Oftentimes there will be a restaurant associated with your Guesthouse, and they will let you run a "tab" for the whole time you stay there. I find it is a good idea to keep your own tabs as well if you do this, as sometimes they do make an "honest mistake. ." For myself, I usually pay each day as I go so that the shock won't kill me when ...

... right now the haves have, and the have nots have not.....everything is comfortable now....if he comes, he will help them for a short time, and then they will be WORSE [emphasis added] off and it will create more problems here..."...this was a doctor saying that....interpretation: "please don't come and upset the applecart....i make good money now, and no one is clamoring for free care, let the poor continue to not get care, it doesn't matter, it's better this way for....ME"...such ...

... The raincoat gave me some additional 30 seconds until I am totally wet and we even did not reached the police station where we had to register for our trek. Anyway the landscape is great! It was not hot, no sun. The clouds were so low that we could see how they were rolling over the tree tops down to the small paved road on which we were walking. Namit is calling: 'The ghosts are coming down again!' and it really greats an atmosphere like that, somehow it looks ...

... to have a Fillipino dessert. What a dessert! It was served in what looked like a sundae goblet, had something in the bottom of it, silly me, I thought it might be chocolate. Not so!! The dessert chef put some crushed ice over this stuff in the bottom, then a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Sounds good doesn't it? Not so. The stuff in the bottom turned out to be corn kernels, white beans and cubes of cooked potatoes. I didn't ...