Royal Orchid Bangalore

... 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 ...

... road we drove up and down, with no sight of the UG Royal,  the driver having had enough docked outside the Royal Orchid Hotel on Cubbon Road, which was plush enough to host the Tendulkars!  Kindly enough, after some mandatory faffing ...

Checked out of Royal Orchid Hotel in Bangalore and went to Divya's house for Brunch. Today Arun and I had to catch a train from Bangalore to Chennai. Chennai will be the final city to see on my trip. Though I will be back in Bangalore in 3 days for the ...

... 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 the game was supposed to be played here until a few "small bombings" happened at the stadium last ...

It was so great arriving in this plush 4 star hotel at 7.00 a.m. after the night train from Hospet. They were so kind at the hotel and gave me a room and breakfast. The shower was the best I'd had in India. In the afternoon I met my mom, Ellie, Maya and ...

... Iain (a guy from Manc who has worked on Dallam Lane, random) had a plan. We got an auto to his hotel, the Royal Orchid - swanky - and emptied his mini bar. And stole all his complimentary toiletries. Then, by some miracle, a hotel staff member entered ...

... I've seen is the KRS dam, which has some impressive, if slightly worn, gardens and a fancy colonial era hotel, the Royal Orchid, where we stopped in for lime sodas. About a 30-minute ride out of the city, the road was bumpy and hectic, but ...

We left Nagarhole and made our way towards Mysore, the second largest city in Karnataka behind Bangalore.  This was a good time to be in Mysore because the 10-day Dasara festival began on the 19th, and Mysore is one of the best places to be for ...