Regent Hotel Mumbai

... to find a room. Everything is full or horridly expensive. I'm already in a crappy mood and getting worse. I ending walking into the Regent hotel, which is an expensive hotel for my travel standards and the first question out of my mouth is: "do you take ...

... worry about. From there went in the direction of the Gateway of India to do some tourist shopping in the street near the Regent Theatre.  Did some shopping (which is always entertaining) and then went to the movies to see WALL-E the Disney film - ...

New hotel room nice - couch and big fridge. Although on the ground floor and window looks onto where we think the hotel staff sleep under a tin roof - weird noises at night - we don't open the curtains! Both had a bit of a freak out today - constant ...

... a final cup of coffee near the Regent Cinema.  Just as we finished shopping, the sky opened and it absolutely poured - and so Mumbai finished as it had started - in the teeming rain. We waited in the hotel lobby until it was time to leave.  ...

... then queue (euphemism)for buses to take us into hotels in the city. We ended up taking a taxi and arrived at the Indra Regent Hotel where we are based now until who knows when. We are relying on the television for all our news about the situation and ...

... of India’s fourth largest city.  We eventually got to our accommodation in the Egmore district and booked into the Hotel Regent which while not rivalling the Ritz, it was perfectly acceptable for our purposes.  Once settled we decided to ...

... on holiday is to ride around in rickshaws and change money. A typical Indian city, but with none of the endearing charm of Mumbai or Delhi, Chennai was a necessary evil if my plan to make it to the Andamans in time for Christmas was to be ...