The Leela Kempinski

... buying something from Indian Spice Box.  His chai spices make the best masala chai I've had so far.  Not even The Leela Kempinski Hotel beat it. For his other business, Shakti drew his plan from travels to Kerala.  Once tourism began ...

... it more than the usual roughing it so now im totally making up for it by living it UP for 3 nights in the leela kempinski.  incidentally i was talking to other people on the truck about their blogs - seemingly you can make money by advertising ...

...  and it is now home to 100,000 people complete with markets, cinemas and schools. Finally we reached the five-star Leela Kempinski on the outskirts of the city where we would end our holiday,  even here there were slum dwellings adjacent to the ...

... went and hence couldnt see the bottom, with or without snorkels.  But I enjoyed the swim in midsea.  The view of the Leela Kempinski hotel from the sea is great.  Nobody gets to see it that way unless you take the catamaran and head out to ...

... of driving, where drivers don't stick to their lanes, I would recommend getting a Sumo or a Qualis. We drove straight to Hotel Leela Kempenski, and got a room. We lucked out and got a reduced rate because of a promotional offer. Try to see if you can ...

... about the same temp here as in Hyderabad but because we're now seaside...the humidity is a killer.  My hotel (Hotel Leela) has arranged a pickup and within 15 minutes I'm in the executive lounge sipping a glass of champagne while my room is ...

... immigration and baggage check meant that we were in our bus and on the way to the hotel in half an hour. The Leela is a short hop from the hotel and is an oasis in amongst dilapadated buildings, dirty roads and seemingly endless construction.  A ...

... I noticed yesterday at the hospital. I've seen women coming home on my way to work - who I thought were maids from the Leela. Their uniforms just looked very industrial, and like your typical "cleaning woman" outfit. Well, those were nurses uniforms! All ...

... gifts for our hosts.   The whole transactin was comical, if it wasn't so shady.  Our hotel, the Leela Palace Kempinski, is nothing short of awesome.   Absolute 5 star.  So much marble I can hardly believe it.   ...

... close when you see three cows eating out of a dumpster on a dark back street.  There were no such clues with the Leela.  It was, however, an amazing hotel.  I got over the initial annoyance of my welcome envelope using the pronoun "Ms." ...

... cars outside the terminal and had about an hours drive to our resort in the south of the island.  We were staying in the Leela palace - probably the best hotel in Goa.  The drive was so different to the India we had already seen - paddy fields ...

Today we headed to Goa. We arrrive after lunch time and headed to our hotel, which took about an hour from the airport, that was okay as we got to see some of the scenery and smaller villages. Goa has a completely different feel to everywhere else we ...

Primer Día Bueno lo logramos. A las 3am, el teléfono suena! debo bajar a recepción a recibir la maleta faltante, justo a tiempo pero dura la levantada a esa hora. Las cosas mejoran, desayunamos a las 7 para poder salir en media hora para el aeropuerto ...

Arrived back in Bangalore to a hubby with a tooth pounding!  Just hoping to keep the pain in check to get home to have it taken care of.  Hotel staff so attentive!  Sent Rich a bouquet of red roses saying "Get well soon!".  And ohh ...