Taj President

... lived in hotels, due to his extravagant spending habits and his wife's dislike for housekeeping. They first lived in the President Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where his daughter Phyllis was raised, then the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Not ...

... not permitted to leave the hotel grounds.  When we inquired what the problem was we were informed that President Sarkozy of France was visiting the Taj Mahal and that the entire area surrounding it was cordoned off and secured against any kind of ...

... Elysee, they held parade there, they have their own Arc de Triomphe (India Gate) and at the end of it you have the President's House and some Governement buildings. Quth Minar:started in 1193, it's a huge tower (minar) which culminate at nearly 73 meter. ...

... to the Taj Mahal.   The Taj Mahal is famously considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. The French President and his wife visited it a couple weeks before I did and there was much press about their every move there. Apparently the ...

... they say "great country". I don't care who you are that feels better than hearing a load of crap about your war-mongering president. After Taj Mahal it was back to the hotel for an early night in (as I mentioned there is no real nightlife to speak ...

... under an umbrella.  Finally Karan and Sankalp showed up.  We drove around.  Saw some gov't buildings including the President's (huge) "house."   Then we met up with Lakshika and went to a tea room/bookstore.  Very upscale.  ...

... '  'I would help poor people' * 'I will never...be tall' 'hit children' * 'If I was famous...I would say to the President of India "polish my shoe! " ' 'i would give autographs'     The cutest moment of the week had ...

... to Agra by about 5:00 PM. The traffic as we approached Agra slowed to a crawl so we didn't get to our hotel (Taj President) until about 6 or so. After checking in and unpacking we walked about checking out the hotel shops and the shops immediately ...

... , passing endless rows of slums along the way.  We had booked a couple of nights at the "Taj President" hotel in Colaba, which was a pretty unattractive building from the outside, but which was a haven of ...

... mess of different sights, and soaked in all the culture shock. None of that shock was awaiting us at our destination, the fabulous Taj President Hotel Mumbai.  Jenny has truly outdone herself, as this is one of the nicer hotels I've ever had the ...

... pashmina scarf and an outfit for our granddaughter. We had an uneventful trip to Mumbai and arrived at our hotel at about 7: The Taj President. Our room is tiny and has a major design defect. The wall between the bathroom and the main (sleeping) room ...

... Exchange rate: $1US = 37.45 rupees I arrived in Mumbai at 8pm on December 30th, and took a taxi to my hotel - The Taj President. I decided that I would splurge and stay in a nice place for my first two nights to ease myself back in to traveling, ...

... have become more fully formed. But first, let's discuss New Year's Eve, which was quite a night! The party that the Taj President hosted was called the "Grindenwald Snow Festival", and there were ice sculptures, fake reindeer, and fake snow everywhere. ...

... . Even those of us sick of Indian food after three weeks here could enjoy it. The one downside of having the tourney at the Taj President was that we had to vacate the playing room at 6:00 every day, and virtually no one was staying there. This prevented ...

... .  At the equivalent of £55 a night, this was our most expensive room yet, with the exception of our splurge at the "Taj President" in Mumbai during the first two days of our travels.  In other parts of Asia, we have been paying on average the ...

... After Vasee arrived, we checked out of Hotel Regal Enclave and hired a cab to Colaba. For next two days we had booked ourselves into Taj President at Colaba. This is a premium 5 star hotel. So far this trip this is the best hotel. Even though it is quite ...

... friends in Bombay, who we met up with.  They were awesome, and took us out to some fabulous spots in the city (Indigo, Taj President Hotel, China Gardens).  We went to a cool art/history museum (where I saw a whale shark model!), did a lot of ...

... hotel via a stop at the famous Leopold's cafe (anyone who has read Shantaram will understand this). Interestingly, both Leopold's and the Taj were bombed in terrorist attacks in the last few years. The anniversary of the terrorist attacks is the day after ...

... and am so grateful to have been exposed to. This time last year I would have told you that I doubted if I would ever see the Taj Mahal in my lifetime. Now..been there..done that =). That and so many other things. This being said as I head out for my last ...

... not only to sit there without the appropriate invitation, but to take seats in the second row in a group that it was obvious was the President's section.  And then we were served tea!  No one asked us who we were or why we were there, although a ...