Orchid Hotel Mumbai

... ;       Another day of travel, shorter this time.  Lovely breakfast at the five-star Orchid Hotel in Mumbai, where "Moon River" and other mellow Western songs play in the background.  ...

2005.12.21 (Wed) ☀ We arrived in Mumbai at 11am. We checked in at the Orchid Hotel, then rang up our friends to see what to do that day. The wedding festivities would be tomorrow and the day after, and we would like to stay awake as much as we ...

... airport was Arun's parents and Divya's dad. It was a big re-union and shock from Arun. We finally made it to our hotel - Royal Orchid Central. This is right in the heart of the city and close to MG Road the main street in Bangalore. In the evening ...

... to the hotel we struck a deal for snorkelling on elephant beach for the next day and stopped for quick lunch at the Wild Orchid hotel .. Back in the afternoon at the hotel we headed to the beach for watching the sunset. The susnset was beautiful ...

... is a high particulate matter content in the air along these pathways.   Travel from Mumbai: By your own vehicle - between 1 to 3 hours depending where in Mumbai ...

... the superior route to Mahabaleshwar from Satara would always be the Satara Medha Kelghar ghat Mahabaleshwar road. Getting to Kas from Mumbai: Ideal choice: Own vehicle via Bombay Pune Expressway & NH4 to Satara ST buses to Satara are frequent The ...

... attempting and failing to get some sleep Fi and I decided to use the internet in our hotel the Wild Orchid Villa. It was a long journey from London via Mumbai to Bangkok tiring and full of wierd emotions for me, mainly fear but excitement too.  We ...

... . The shower was the best I'd had in India. In the afternoon I met my mom, Ellie, Maya and Eva who came from Israel via Mumbai. At night my sister arrived from Singapore. I was very happy to see them all. We had a bit of a stressful evening trying to hire ...

... beach called Railay Beach (10 mintues away by boat).  We decided to splurge and stay in an incredible hotel called Ao Nang Orchid Resort.  It's absolutely beautiful and only 4 months old!!  We have also been enjoying amazing Thai ...

... 't tell everyone just put his family and friends in positions of power. Crazy. And last night was the big championship game--Mumbai vs. Chennai. Chennai won. But it was like the Superbowl on steroids last night even in Bangalore. I think partly because ...

... with bendi dots, flower necklaces and a shower of flower pedals. The tour was well done. We learned that vanilla is part of the orchid family, what nutmeg and cashew fruit looks like, and how the guys swing from tree to tree to pick the beetle nut.  ...

... shown cardamom, vanilla, jackfruits, gingers, pepper and other crops. Kuriakose kindly presented me with a rooted cutting of a vanilla orchid plant. His mother made a most refreshing honey lemon drink, quite welcome in the warm afternoon sun. They plan ...

... hour trip for 52rp! Met two other travelers on the platform and traveled with them to Sawai Madhopur. They'd traveled up from Mumbai and had had similar experiences and seemed surprised how much they were stared at, held back from pointing out that he ...

... of relief at the room, dump my stuff on the bed, wash my face and head out to their in-house restaurant - The Orchid, to eat. I didn't eat... I hogged - whatever I could find on their buffet. I didn't even finish the buffet line, simply because I ...

... the big event. The wedding ceremony was gorgeous. The entire place was flowing with red and cream-colored silk, thousands of orchid bouquets, fireworks, explosions of flower petals into the air-it felt like we were at a coronation ceremony.  We ...