Taj President Mumbai

... 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 ...

... , 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 ...

... shops. B bought a 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 ...

... 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 ...

... done very amiably but it's sad to think that this is what's necessary just because of a few radical eejits.  Initial thoughts on Mumbai are that it's a lot more organised than Delhi. It also seems to be far richer. There are western style shops all ...

... birthday, so a group of 20 of us went to Mumbai for some amazing food, nice hotel accommodations and good times.  Mumbai is probably the most modern city in India (despite the slums and poverty issues...ala Slumdog Millionaire)....so when you need ...

... 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 pleasure ...

... . 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... less than worthy adversaries who wouldn't last a New York minute. That said I suddenly had 2 free days on my hands. To be honest, Mumbai or Bombay or whatever you want to call is not really a site seeing city. It is more a stopover on getting out into ...

... university oval cricket grounds and over to another big train station where we met our guide to bring us to the largest slum in Mumbai - home to almost 2 million people.  55% of all people living in Mumbai live in slums. The tour is provided by an NGO ...

... the hill five elephant caves carved into stone.   We were able to take some pictures of India Gate and the Taj hotel where President  Obama stayed during his recent visit to India.   This is the same hotel  that terrorists ...

... checking out everything that was strange and new. I think the most memorable bit of my stay in Mumbai was watching Barack Obama be elected for president.I cried with joy.Maybe I was tired and emotional but all the same it moved me .Whether ...

... to family, there were two very interesting letters. Both were addressed, "Dear Friend". One was sent to Hitler and the other to President Roosevelt, both sent during WWII. He urged both of them to try a non-violent approach to settling the war. In all ...

... , a relic of British dominance, located on the Apollo Bunder Bay. In the picture you can see the Gateway next to the Taj Hotel, the hotel President Obama stayed at when he visited India. It is a pretty cool place but the most interesting thing about this ...

... up meeting him, his wife and old school friend at the Bombay Yacht Club.  He's a member of three clubs and the president of one of them.  Despite the dichotomy, the overall inclusiveness is felt by all Indians despite their lot in life.  ...

... the building from up close. We read in the newspaper that $2.5million was being spent every day on security for the President’s visit, including bringing a warship from America to patrol the sea and thousands of security personnel. Colaba has some ...