Swarna Hotel
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Hindu Temples
A breakfast fit for a Maharaja. The choice was enormous but everything I chose my travelling companion said would be bad for my 'condition' which is now into its 5th day. I chose to ignore and had my mango juice and cubed pineaple and melon before lining my delicate stomach with some toast and cheese. I am sure Martin is eating eggs of all descriptions just to add to my woes. But enough of such maladies.
As always our car and driver ...
The great train journey
... the lower berth for luggage. Our hard wooden berths were therefore partly filled with our luggage giving us cramped space for sleeping. You sleep in your day clothes - there is nowhere to change, although in truth I don't think that either of us slept much on the first night. The nadir was the state of the toilets. My new mission as a senior public servant in India is to renovate all toilet facilities in sleeping carriages. Martin has already dismissed my earlier missions ...
Bhubaneswar Day 2
... of the school are basic needs -food, health, clothing (something many of these children do not have at home), vocational training, and life skills. If these children were still in their villages, 50% of them would potentially be recruited into the Indian extremist group, another 30% would die from malnutrition or disease and many girls would have been subjected to child marriages. Dr. Samanta is a highly spiritual, ...
Bhubaneswar Day 1
... different from any other aspect of our trip. It feels more insulated from the destitution plaguing the rest of the state. Orissa happens to be the poorest state in India.I have really come to appreciate the complexity of studying culture while in India. While there are commonalities, each city, each school, even each family has their own sub-culture. The diversity of the geographical regions we have visited is ...
First Night with Hardeep
Good morning
After a long and hot day at the orphanage we were able to get to our room hotel room. After checking in we were walking to the room and Hardeep asked Trudi "Mommy, is this my new home?" So she may be a little disappointed when we get home because this is a very large and beautiful hotel. There was alot of love at the ...
Other places to stay in Bhubaneswar
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Trident, Bhubaneswar
CB-1 Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar | 4 star hotelfrom $111 -
Swosti Premium Hotel
P-1, Jaydev Vihar, Bhubaneswar | 4 star hotelfrom $81 -
Ginger Bhubaneshwar
Opp Nalco Headquarters, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $24 -
Mayfair Lagoon
8-B, Bhubaneswar | Hotelfrom $140 -
Hotel Hindusthan International
A-112 (Janpath) Unit-III,Kharved Nagar, Bhubaneswar | 4 star hotelfrom $66 -
Hotel Swosti
103, Janpath, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $5,600 -
Kalinga Ashok
Kalpana Square, Gautam Nagar, Bhubaneswar | 1 star hotelfrom $42 -
Hotel Grand Central
Old Station Road, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $38 -
The Crown Bhubaneswar
A1/(a), Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $71 -
Hotel New Marrion
6, Janpath, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $66 -
Hotel Pushpak
68 Budha Nagar, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Empires Hotel Bhubaneswar
5B Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar | Hotelfrom $63 -
Suryansh Hotel and Resort
P-1, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar | Hotelfrom $69 -
Priya Hotel
Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Arya Palace
126/B Ashok Nagar, Bhubaneswar | 2 star hotelfrom $38 -
Panthanivas Bhubaneswar
Lewis Rd, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
The Royale Midtown
52-53 Janpath, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $55 -
Upasana Hotel
Old Station Area, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
The Bari international
B/6, N-4 AREA, IN FRONT OF I.D MARKET, Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotelfrom $30 -
Hotel Sishmo
86/A-1, Gautam Nagar, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Sambit Palace Hotel
Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Yatri Nivas - Bhubaneswar
Cuttack Road, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Golden Palace Hotel
Bhubaneswar | 3 star hotel -
Kamala Hotel
Old Station Bazaar, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
The Garden Inn
A 112, Janpath, Bhubaneswar | Hotel -
Hotel Keshari
113 Station Square, Bhubaneswar | Hotel
