Taj Malabar

... our Holi Festival today but never mind these kids and their excitement helped us forgetting everything) By 4:30 we were back into the Taj Malabar and supposed to get ready by 7: 00 to leave for Gundu Island for formally getting our awards. It was truly ...

... pay plenty to the future husband family. But she can continue to work and would like to be a nurse. We left Joseph at the Taj Malabar Hotel, where we were attended to very nicely thank you,for a beer and small spicy prawns. Then a gentle stroll back to ...

... were still an issue and it all seemed a little harder work than we were hoping. Hopefully a swim in the pool of the Taj Malabar would help. We had a great time, mostly thanks to the elephant fountains that constantly squirted water out of their trunks. ...

... fishing nets. Even by the river there wasn't much of a breeze so we decided to indulge ourselves and headed to the Taj Malabar hotel for a swanky air conditioned lunch. The food was excellent, the waiters charming and everyone was most understanding of ...

... come in a few days - this one is already too long! So, first a few words on my journey from Cochin.   I left the Taj Malabar after a little luxury, not exactly with a spring in my step, more like a hobble. I had taken a tumble as I had disembarked ...

... too bored! So, I've just moved over to another island, Willingdon, in order to have my pre-30th birthday treat at the Taj Malabar. I'll be by the infinity pool if anyone needs me.....(Yes, I know I'm cheating -this place is sooooo not ...

... dinner at Trisna - an amazing fish restaurant with entire crabs steamed on your plate. As well as a little walking tour of the Malabar hill area, hanging gardens that looked over the bay, politicians homes and areas where family lived / used to live. We ...

... world of cows, beggars and out of control taxis! We spent the next couple of days visiting several art galleries, a cathedral, Malabar Hill (apparently home to Bollywood movie stars!) where we went to a Jain temple (haven't quite figured that religion ...

... packs of boys roam doing whatever the hell it is they do. I actually pass this everyday to and from the office. We headed down to Malabar Hill and on to Colaba and went to the Gateway of India. On the way we ran into a couple of cows just chilling in ...

... walk away sad so much as amazed by how these people seem so accepting of their lot in life. From there head off to Malabar Hill, its’ here that you will find the Hanging Gardens, beautiful landscaped lawns that cover this part of the city’s ...

... which to see the city and Chowpatti Beach, stretched out beneath us.  We played in the Hanging Gardens in Malabar Hill, exploring the home of the "old lady who lived in a shoe". Across from the famous Gateway of India ...

... drive, because as usual, we could not resist exploring every interesting place en route. While walking alongside a cardamom grove, a Great Malabar Hornbill flew past our noses to park himself in a nearby tree. Red Whiskered bulbuls were everywhere. As we ...

...  So I did.                 MALABAR HILL...  ...the geographical crown directly north of the art deco-lined shores of Marine Drive along Chowpatty Beach ...

... pass and showed us all the spots in Mumbai. One of the more interesting things we saw were the Towers of Silence on Malabar Hill. This Parsis group believe the body shouldn't be polluted by 4 sacred elements (air, water, earth and fire) so ...

... such as Churchgate are also residential. On Monday morning I took a private tour of the main city sights. We drove through Malabar Hill and the neighboring Kumbala Hill where my brother had once briefly lived. Once beautiful but now sometimes sadly ...

... _ __ÁAt about 7.30 p.m. we left the apartment, as Arunamasi wanted to show me one of the Jain temples at Walkeshwar on Malabar Hill. As it was not possible to park there, and Shashi uncle was driving he remained in the car, while I and ...

... what it looks like.  We then drove along Marine Drive, which is a seaside promenade which goes to the foot of the Malabar Hills - Bombays most expensive area.  However, apparently it wouldn't be a good idea to swim here because of the pollution ...

... in 1568 when Jewish spice traders set up businesses in this small outpost of the Jewish world on the South Indian Malabar coast. The synagogue sparkles with colorful Indian chandeliers and green and red glass candleholders that swing from the ceiling ...

... Marine Drive passing Chowpatty Beach, a favourite gathering place for locals especially on evenings and at weekends, before driving up Malabar Hill and gazing skywards towards the luxury penthouses of the elites.  At the top of the Hill we stopped ...