6 April 2022

Finally reached our hotel!

Marriott had sent me a brochure when they had opened up this hotel less than a year back. A friend of mine – Geoff Dougall – visited a few months later and gave rave reviews of it.

For me, I don’t care about the beach much – too much sea weed. I remember we had the same problem three hundred miles north from here – in Cancun. We will try the reef side beaches tomorrow.

The hotel though is impeccable. The pool area is elaborately done with all sorts of luxury. The artifacts, the furniture, the lights and every fixture is very classy. The team at Autograph Collection has really outdone itself.

The staff is very friendly. Reminds of India and Japan. Moment we sat anywhere, somehow, somebody materialized asking if we would like to have something!!

6 April 2022

Indian restaurants are ubiquitous!

We were waiting for our water taxi in Belize. It is a small dock serving about twenty or so water taxis in a day. This is nowhere near the big port where the cruise ships come. The first thing we noticed as we stepped up to the ticket counter was this Indian restaurant!

I remember once reaching the top of Jungfrau and in the building there, at the uppermost level was nothing but an Indian restaurant! Run by a Swiss guy!!

Then there was the time I was strolling around near Estoril – 30 minutes of train ride from Lisbon. I had walked into a mall there and the first thing that had hit me in the food court was an Indian restaurant!

These seem to crop up at the most unexpected places!!