Trident Hotel Jaipur

We are now in Jaipur which is called the rose colored city because most of the buildings are made of rose colored stone. It was originally given that name when Prince Albert of England came here for a visit in the late 1800s and the current majaraja had ...

... of convex mirrors inlaid into the walls and ceiling. Strangely the mirrors were actually imported from Italy!     One of Jaipur's emperors (okay we can't remember which one) had a real thing about astrology and the prediction of futures and ...

Today we travelled from Kalakho to Jaipur, a city of just over 3 million people - not large by Indian standards as Calcutta, Delhi and Mumbai have populations around 15 million.  But still more than twice the size of greater ...

... finally see a woman come in as we are on the way out.  She shows us how she block prints and then we are off.  On to Jaipur via one of the worst roads of all time, we show up just in time for me to hit the bed as I am feeling even worse ...

... 't see her though.  She's here to tape a talk show, and to take part in the literary festival currently happening in Jaipur.  Our lunch in the City Palace Cafe was pedestrian - a sign that I have sampled enough Indian food to distinguish between ...

... Delhi airport at about 3pm, and I head into town via tuk-tuk to have a massage at Ziva Spa, a delightful find recommended by the hotel. (www.zivaspa.com)  As soon as I return to the hotel, four of us head out to have our palms read by an astrologer. ...

... . It was abandoned due to a scarcity of water, but still stands resplendent after all these years. Upon reaching Jaipur we check into our hotel and have lunch before spending the afternoon touring. We visit a very interesting observatory, Jantar Mantar, ...

... of Kool's without the image enhancement. Moving right along, we met up with some of Neetu's business associates in Jaipur and then headed back to our hotel to check in and grab a quick nightcap.  Keep your eyes out for a drink called the Caiproska. ...

Day 4 Tuesday 18th March 2008 Agra - Jaipur We started with breakfast in the Trident - where Stewart has a lovely Indian breakfast - which proved to be hotter than the meal the night before.  It's still very flat countryside, still full of roadworks ...

... how to make chai (tea) with mama's secret ingredients.  I met my brother in law Mic in his hotel (the most amazing place I've ever been in.  Trident Gurgaon something or other.  It was so weird and nice  to see a familiar face.  ...

... .  Punctuating the "oldest mountains in the world", it  was constructed by Rajput maharajas before Jaipur existed.  Belonging to the Hindu “Kshatriya”, this warrior class holds in accordance ...

... , we are tired. Bring on the Taj Mahal and then we will have seen the best of all. We arrive in Agra soon after. Our hotel is the Trident as we have had to moves from the Grand Imperial as the owners have had a death in the family and the whole hotel is ...

... , because I’m always running late these days, it seems.  Less than awake, I traipse through the lobby of the ultra-modern Trident Hotel in Agra to meet Sushant, who will be my guide for the next few days. ...

... 562 2232 400-418 Fax: 91 562 2232 420.     JAIPUR HOTEL Check in: 23th March Check out: 25nd March Trident Hilton Jaipur hotel Amber Fort Rd, opposite Jal Mahal, Jaipur, India 302 002 Tel: 91-141-267-0101   ...

... in the morning.  Neet and I hit the treadmill to rejuvenate our atrophied muscles and then had a great breakfast at the Trident hotel in Jaipur.  We grabbed a lift over to the airport and then we killed some time reading.  I've been trying ...

... of brightness to the dusty brown backdrop of the buildings (PICS).   In a similar style to the city palace in Jaipur, there were several exhibition halls with examples of the kind of luxuries the emperor and his wives had at their disposal. One ...

... bank of speakers just across the road, the reason - another festival!!!! The Fort was was interesting, thankfully different from the ones in Jaipur, part of the complex has free access and we got hassled alot in there so we spent most of the time in the ...

... in the Taj Mahal; so we booked a hotel for 2 nights only. A rapid two hour journey by train from Jaipur and a quick auto-rickshaw ride to our hotel and we were set to go for the following thirty-six hours.  Our hotel, Hotel Sheela, was reasonably ...

... demanded of their workers and they stood out vividly against the clear blue skies (PICS).     We arrived at the Trident Hilton Agra and had a few hours rest before meeting up with our tour guide. The hotel was modern and set in beautiful ...