What an interesting morning. We all woke up very well-rested from our comfortable business hotel, but nevertheless, were dissatisfied with the pricing, location, and so on. We were most dissatisfied by their treatment of our driver, however. They wouldn’t provide a room for him (most hotels make some form of accommodations for drivers) and when he asked for a blanket so he could sleep in his car, they wouldn’t give him one! Since they hadn’t confirmed us for two nights anyway, we decided to open up our options.
The ladies chillin at the Imperial while waiting for our room to be made up….
Henny went to Amy, and speaking in part for Karin, but I think more for herself, said she wanted to stay somewhere nice for this, our last night of traveling. She put out a very luxurious budget that had Raj scratching his head in confusion. Raj was even more confused when we finally settled on our hotel for the night: The Imperial. Well, with a name like that….
Let’s just say that the cost for the two rooms for one night was at least as much as the per-person cost for the rest of the trip.
Most of our morning was actually spent trying to figure out where we were going to stay. Then, once we had decided where we were staying, another good chunk of time was spent oohing and aahing over the hotel itself.
Pretty cool and somewhat random temple in Delhi. We weren’t sure if Henny would be able to actually keep quiet while she was in there since she likes to ask so many questions….
On our agenda for the day after settling in was India Gate (in the daytime), Humayun’s Tomb (which has some architectural features later incorporated into the design of the Taj Mahal), and the Lotus Temple (an impressive, very modern looking temple that welcomes all faiths to come and worship in silence).
After all of that, we went back to Connaught Place—well actually, to a little underground shopping place—to do some shopping for this-and-that, the most successful store of which happened to be a jewelry store from which all the ladies ended up getting something (nothing for me, of course….).
But I think we were all looking forward to going back to our own little palace and trying out some of the dinner options from our five-star-hotel-restaurant.
I opted for a bacon cheeseburger, and I think I made the best choice of everyone there….
Head on over to the Delhi photo-gallery to see more pictures from the temple, as well as some good examples of appropriate things to do when staying at the Imperial….
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What an interesting morning. We all woke up very well-rested from our comfortable business hotel, but nevertheless, were dissatisfied with the pricing, location, and so on. We were most dissatisfied by their treatment of our driver, however. They wouldn’t provide a room for him (most hotels make some form of accommodations for drivers) and when he asked for a blanket so he could sleep in his car, they wouldn’t give him one! Since they hadn’t confirmed us for two nights anyway, we decided to open up our options.
The ladies chillin at the Imperial while waiting for our room to be made up….
Henny went to Amy, and speaking in part for Karin, but I think more for herself, said she wanted to stay somewhere nice for this, our last night of traveling. She put out a very luxurious budget that had Raj scratching his head in confusion. Raj was even more confused when we finally settled on our hotel for the night: The Imperial. Well, with a name like that….
Let’s just say that the cost for the two rooms for one night was at least as much as the per-person cost for the rest of the trip.
Most of our morning was actually spent trying to figure out where we were going to stay. Then, once we had decided where we were staying, another good chunk of time was spent oohing and aahing over the hotel itself.
Pretty cool and somewhat random temple in Delhi. We weren’t sure if Henny would be able to actually keep quiet while she was in there since she likes to ask so many questions….
On our agenda for the day after settling in was India Gate (in the daytime), Humayun’s Tomb (which has some architectural features later incorporated into the design of the Taj Mahal), and the Lotus Temple (an impressive, very modern looking temple that welcomes all faiths to come and worship in silence).
After all of that, we went back to Connaught Place—well actually, to a little underground shopping place—to do some shopping for this-and-that, the most successful store of which happened to be a jewelry store from which all the ladies ended up getting something (nothing for me, of course….).
But I think we were all looking forward to going back to our own little palace and trying out some of the dinner options from our five-star-hotel-restaurant.
I opted for a bacon cheeseburger, and I think I made the best choice of everyone there….
Head on over to the Delhi photo-gallery to see more pictures from the temple, as well as some good examples of appropriate things to do when staying at the Imperial….
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