Hotel Kamal

... glasses of rose water and orange juice to drink. A handsome man in a fine embroidered salwar kameez gives us a tour of the hotel, showing us the beautiful courtyard lake of lillies, the fabulous restaurants, the spa and the bar, named Sea of Nectar. In ...

... then offered me some 'tea' i rumbled. I made my excuses and left as quick as i could 3 hours later. ---- Back to the Hotel Kamal with the dodgy plumbing. We decided to eat somewhere else, and took our lives in our hands. There are stories in ...

... same hotel in Varanasi- one from Spain, David, and Ales from Slovania.  When we arrived in Agra, they both followed us to our hotel, Kamal where we enjoyed breakfast together on the roof in view of the Taj Mahal- and took a sling shot to a couple of ...

... stop of the trip, and how can it not be with such an amazing building like the Taj right in the heart of it.  We all have to give it a very high recommendation for anyone wanting to visit, but just don't stay at Hotel ...

... to see the latest Ashes score and wish I hadn't seen it and then went back to the hotel to relax. I had dinner at the Hotel Kamal next door to the Shanti Lodge in a wooden shack with bamboo reeds and gravel floor and had a butter chicken curry whilst ...

... . The train that will arrive sometime will take us to Jodhpur, were we are preparing mentally to head south. We stayed at the hotel Kamal for 500 rupees/night, rather decent. We also visited the super luxury Oberoi resort, with views to the Taj, ...

... have to say I can't handle the spice first thing in the morning! When we got in to Agra, we had a pre-arranged transfer to our hotel and were met by a very lovely Indian man in his auto rickshaw named KK. On the way to the hotel he showed us a comment ...

... and ready and a bit higgledy piggledy and not really set up for the tourist but I think that makes it all the better.  Our hotel has a rough top view of the Taj Mahal so your sitting in the middle of this mad city and the beauty of the Taj looks ...

... -brother. In fact, the hotel that we had to pick at random out of Lonely Planet was full, as was every other reasonably-priced hotel in the vicinity so we ended up going *looking* for a taxi driver who would take us to the hotel of his cousin-brother. Er, ...

... tourist information offices and shop- keepers would leave us alone. To our big surprise we found a big shopping center close to our hotel, where they had everything from food to clothes. (This was the first "normal" food- store we have seen since we came ...

... was pretty chilled out and we spent the evening with Michelle and Duncan before they left for Jodhpur and then had dinner at our hotel with Ajay. We also managed to Skype Ernie and Linda which was really nice. Yet again a place which was supposedly a ...

... pooped from partying last night that we had the unbelievable fortunate luck of being at the site with hardly anyone else around. The hotel is a 5 min walk away from the East Gate, but again, with the heavy (and eerie) morning fog (and poor lighting ...

... to explore. Went on thursday afternon instead, in time to see the sunset and spent a couple of hours gazing - it really is amazing up close. Our hotel's rooftop restaurant overlooks it - great view for playing uno. Off to Jaipur in Rajastan ...

... me, fair enough, tramps beggars mugger pickpockets, they exist everywhere and you learn to put up with them, commission conners, dodgy hotel owners and unsavoury characters abound in the midday heat and its easy to see how people lose their cool, so ...

... and i are in agra waiting for our driver to take us back to delhi.  woke up around 5 am today. had breakfast at the hotel and hit taj mahal around 7 am.  unexpectedly, rain poured down on us during our visit.  i was wearing my poncho and ...

... that, a beer or two was required, let me tell you.  So we passed our last few hours on the rooftop patio of our hotel, making friends with a view of the Taj as the sun went down.  Bliss. We said our goodbyes to our new friends and headed to ...

... easier than some of the other cities we've been to. Our first view of the Taj Mahal was from the rooftop restaurant at our hotel and it was only a faint silhouette but an impreesive and familiar site. But before the real Taj we went to see the 'Baby ...