Udaipur lies at Lake Pichola and is surrounded by mountains. This is what Wikipedia says about Lake Pichola:“Lake Pichola is an artificial fresh water lake, created in the year 1362 AD, named after the nearby Picholi village.[1][2] The lakes around Udaipur were primarily created by building dams to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of […]
Chunda Palace, Udaipur
So after our stay in Jaipur we arrived in Udaipur, another city filled with palaces and Maharaja heritage. The hotel we had chosen was the Chunda Palace Hotel. It looks beautiful, inside and out; very richly ornamented and decorated. Totally up my alley, but maybe too much for others. Let me show you around: Quite […]
Pretty Imperial versus Welcoming Westin
We came back last night from a trip to Delhi, Agra and Chandigarh. A very enjoyable trip, from which I will report to you in a number of posts during the following days. I want to start of with our hotel in Delhi: We stayed 4 nights @TheImperial Hotel in Delhi. My expectations were high, […]
Pune, India, part 2
As promised, today I will give you an impression of the location and environment of the hotel we are staying in: the Westin Hotel Pune. We have access to the executive lounge on the 4th floor. Although the staff is very nice and helpful, we have to say that the food and drink facilities of […]
Back in India, Westin Hotel Pune
After two weeks in Singapore, we are now in Pune, India, for two months. We are staying in the Westin Hotel Pune, a nice 5-star hotel. It is the grey building on the left picture, overlooking the river. On the other two pictures we see Frits, first in our small room, then in our […]
Manila part 8: The Shangri-La’s of Manila: best hotels ever!!!
Our last hours in Manila and in the Makati Shangri-La are here. We are flying back to Singapore this afternoon. Normally I do not give this much attention to the hotels we are staying in, but both of the Shangri-La’s in Manila are so fantastic. The rooms and the hotel lobby’s are very good. But […]
Manila part 2: another Shangri La, another storm.
A few days after typhoon Pedring had left, we left Shangri La Edsa and moved to Makati Shangri La. Closer to Frits’ office. In the taxi from one hotel to the other, you could see that the billboards were still empty; the huge posters rolled up. Reason for this was, that right after Pedring […]
The (temporary) Merlion Hotel
We live nearby the Merlion statue@Marina Bay, so we often pass by there when we go for a walk. First you encounter the mini-version, and behind that you find the XL-version of the statue. Huh….where did it go? Oh, it seems to be inside this construction! Why is the Merlion […]
