I have just returned from a brilliant climbing trip in Nepal, successfully summiting Lobuche East, and both before and after my climb, I stayed at the Ramada Encore in Thamel. This hotel was a great choice, both location-wise and comfort-wise, and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Comfortable, spacious, A/C …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Staying at the Jehan Numa Palace in Bhopal was our first visit to a hotel since Coronavirus upended all our lives, so it would have been a memorable event just for that fact alone. But the hotel is so stunning, and the welcome and reception from the staff so warm, …
Last year I stayed for a few nights at the Manisanda Hotel in Bagan, Myanmar, having chosen the hotel solely on the strength of its roof terrace. According to online reviews, the view of the morning hot air balloon flight was supposed to be excellent from the terrace, and as …
