I have just returned from yet another wonderful trip to Gangotri 1 with White Magic, and in my other, personal blog, I’ve written a report of my climb which was wonderful despite my not summiting. This review, however, is not about me, but all about WM and their service. Spoiler …
I’m beginning this review with a disclaimer: namely that the owners of the fabulous Himalayan cottages For a While, Shalini and Dam, are good friends. But just because they are friends doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be reviewed, right? We met Shalini & Dam many years ago, while staying with other …
On our just-concluded 4,500km road trip down to Karnataka, we overnighted in this delightful little hotel in Maheshwar and what a sweet, quirky place it is. Butbefore I go any further, the main thing you need to know is that the rooms in Labboo’z are small. At 19 square metres, …
Gwalior was the last stop on our just-concluded 4,500km road trip down to Karnataka and back to Delhi, and when we read about the Neemrana property Deo Bagh, it was agreed that this would be the perfect end to an epic trip. Deo Bagh did not disappoint. Despite the current …
Arriving in Bundi in India’s Rajasthan during Coronavirus was a weird experience. We were a party of 4, and were the ONLY tourists in town. As in the ONLY ones. Our hotel was operating only a skeleton service, so we looked for somewhere to eat out, but many places were …
Since COVID-19 upended all our lives, we have scarcely travelled, and the little we have done has been to stay with friends, or in home-stays run by friends. So the current trip we are on right now, driving down to south India, was our first experience of staying in “normal” …
We have recently returned from a super trip to the jungles of Madhya Pradesh, staying in 3 properties owned and managed by the same company, the Jehan Numa Group of Hotels. I have already reviewed here in this blog the Jehan Numa Palace Hotel in Bhopal, where we overnighted on …
“Good” isn’t the right word. Bhopal Zoo is absolutely fantastic! Having just arrived in Bhopal after a stay in the jungle, in Bori Wildlife Reserve, I wasn’t too enthused at the idea of a visit to a zoo. Why would you want to see animals in cages, especially after game …
We have just returned from the most wonderful trip to the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. We started our trip in Bhopal, staying at the Jehan Numa Palace Hotel after an epic 14 hour drive from Delhi, where we live. The next day we drove to another property owned …
