Trident Mumbai

... have come back to haunt me and within moments so have the contents of the buffet. A frantic dash back to the Trident hotel later, thankfully via taxi rather than the balloon-festooned horse-drawn carriages touting outside, and we grab the concierge. ...

... , lots of western folks in drinking beer and other drinks dining in the place, quite hot, no air conditioning but fun to walk through. Off to the hotel, the Trident, a modern highrise business hotel, that was quite comfortable for our last night in ...

... the cafe has become a highlight of many travelers trips again for all the wrong reasons--the terrorists who took over the Trident Oberoi and Taj Hotels started their bloodbath at Leopold, shooting up the place and killing about 10 people. There are still ...

... it was dark, Miles went back to the hotel room to crash, and Jae and I rambled along the Queen's Necklace to the nearby Trident and Oberoi luxury hotels that the terrorists had attacked on 26/11. I had not realized how close they were to the Hotel Marine ...

Day 1- i stayed at nariman point ...

Oh cruellest of ironies. The breakfast buffet at The Trident is the most sumptuous we've seen. Acres and acres of ludicrously tasty food is laid out for consumption. It may not be served with the grandeur of the Lake Palace setting but it has all the ...

... above all else and literally won't harm a fly. It's no surprise to find them here amongst the higher echelons of Mumbai society - Jains are predominantly business people, believing that a peaceful society is a pre-requisite for a healthy society, and ...

... . The whole area is utterly booming and this only means good news (hopefully) for the local economy and infrastructure. Back in Mumbai, sitting in traffic, there are often people (mostly kids) who will knock on the window of the car. Sometimes they are ...

... is where my hotel is located. As the name suggests, it's a walkway along the Arabian Sea coast, with another peninsula of Mumbai jutting out directly across from it before you arrive at open sea. The walkway was filled with people, families and couples ...

... -        Flight to Udaipur at 12:40pm ˇ        Checked in to Trident and had drinks & snacks ˇ        Drove around a bit, went to a fountain and then ...

... had planned to kill over 5,000 people and they attacked in South Bombay, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (train station) Oberoi Trident, Leopold Café, Cama Hospital, Nariman House, and the Metro Cinema. ...

Dr Mahesh Sompura arrives to our room within 30 minutes. He prods, he pokes, he takes my temperature, my blood pressure and my pulse, checks my breathing, my throat and my eyes puts a stethoscope to my heart and lungs, asks all sorts of questions and ...

... to it. Kerry called "strangely compelling" but I was not compelled to eat mine.  It was after dark when we arrived at the Trident Hotel in Agra.  It was very nice and because of its location in the top tourist city in India, was about twice as ...

... , 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. ...

... nbsp;             "Everything on your trip is prepaid until you leave Mumbai," he seemed very calm and sure of himself.  "Your rooms, your meals, everything.  In the meantime, our ...

... we flew to Cochin.  Like many Indian cities, Cochin has officially changed its name, in this case to Kochi, but unlike Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and others, here the residents still universally use the old name.   This morning's flight was a ...

... 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 Vancouver!    ...