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$300 Bombay Beach Hotel 🇮🇳

Dale Philip・42 minutes read

An individual stays in a hotel with a temporary room before moving to a larger room with a beach view, enjoying high tea, a grocery delivery service, and exploring the beach area and surrounding amenities. The author details experiences at the hotel, beach, and interactions with locals while observing cultural differences, beach cleanliness, and swimming activities.

Insights

  • The main room booked at the hotel, though more expensive, offers a larger space, a bathtub, and a separate shower, with a view of the beach and pool, contrasting significantly with the temporary room provided earlier.
  • The author's exploration of the beach area reveals cultural differences in swimming habits, cleanliness concerns, and interactions with locals, highlighting contrasting experiences from the luxurious hotel setting to the vibrant, bustling public beach environment.

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Recent questions

  • What amenities does the main room offer?

    Larger space, bathtub, beach and pool view.

  • How does the author avoid expensive mini-bar prices?

    Uses grocery delivery app, Blinket.

  • What does the author enjoy during high tea?

    Sandwiches, baguettes, scones, and cakes.

  • What does the author observe at the beach?

    Lack of sunbathing, swimming due to water cleanliness.

  • How does the author navigate to the beach?

    Through hotel's direct access gate.

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Summary

00:00

Luxury Hotel Stay with High Tea

  • The individual arrives at the hotel and is offered a welcome drink of mint and lemon.
  • The temporary room provided is on the third floor, room 325, while waiting for the main room to be ready.
  • The hotel offers an executive lounge with high tea at 2:30 p.m., resembling British afternoon tea.
  • The main room booked is more expensive but significantly larger and offers a view of the beach and pool.
  • The main room includes a bathtub, separate shower, and a larger space compared to the temporary room.
  • The cost of the main room is slightly over $300 per night, significantly higher than Kolkata or Delhi hotels.
  • The individual opts for a grocery delivery app, Blinket, to avoid the hotel's expensive mini-bar prices.
  • The delivery process with Blinket is complicated due to the individual not having an Indian phone number.
  • The individual eventually receives the grocery delivery after some confusion and communication with the hotel staff.
  • The individual dresses up for high tea at the executive lounge, enjoying sandwiches, baguettes, scones, and cakes provided.

15:26

Luxurious Hotel Experience with Beach Exploration

  • Scones are typically eaten with clotted cream in the UK, but the author enjoyed them without cream as a snack before exploring the beach.
  • The author observed a hot station in the executive lounge that usually offers drinks and nibbles in the afternoon, sometimes including substantial items like filled sandwiches.
  • The author appreciated the chicken chai snacks and the availability of tea and milkshakes.
  • A window cleaner was seen using safety ropes while cleaning the ledges outside the author's room.
  • The hotel Wi-Fi speed was tested at 35 megabits up and down, impressing the author compared to other hotels with slower internet.
  • The author received flowers, a fruit bowl, and a chocolate photo frame in their room, a first-time experience of receiving flowers.
  • The author explored the pool area, noting the luxurious view and the exclusivity of having the pool to themselves.
  • The author navigated to the beach through the hotel's direct access gate, observing the cleanliness and vastness of the public beach.
  • The author noticed the lack of sunbathing and swimming at the beach due to water cleanliness and cultural differences in swimming abilities.
  • The author interacted with vendors at the beach, tried a saffron-flavored ice cream called Kufi, and observed people enjoying boat rides and the sea.

32:04

"Swimming Contradictions: Beach Adventures in India"

  • People are swimming in the area, contradicting the belief that Indians can't swim.
  • Less than 1% of the people are swimming at the beach.
  • The Citizen Hotel has direct beach access, contrary to what was said at the JW Marot.
  • The beach area is packed with people, especially near a massive entrance.
  • The narrator consults Google Maps and decides to head back halfway through the walk.
  • The narrator encounters a man with a Bible, assuming he wants to convert him.
  • The narrator interacts with locals and observes a cricket game.
  • The narrator steals a football and enjoys the beach atmosphere.
  • The narrator returns to the hotel for an early night after the beach walk.
  • The next morning, the narrator enjoys a breakfast buffet with both Indian and Western options.

50:27

Discovering Versova Beach: A Hidden Gem

  • The narrator reaches the end of Juhu Beach according to Google Maps and discovers another beach called Versova Beach, which appears less developed but similar in nature with apartment buildings and a residential area near the beach.
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