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Vikram Chatwal Wants Us Floating On a Cloud at Dream Cochin

Where: SA Road, Ernakulamv, Kochi, Kerala, India, 682020

While the opening of the Downtown Dream Hotel in New York is, pardon the pun, still just a dream, Vikram Chatwal's VCH group seems to have managed to get their act together with another Dream hotel at least: the Dream Cochin in Kerala is now up and running.

Per Luxist, The Indian tourism ministry has apparently already awarded the Dream Cochin five stars, although the Dream gang seem to think their new hotel is even better than that; they promise it "offers a glimpse of the future of deluxe accommodations."

The future is apparently going to be blue in color, which the Dream people think will give us the feeling of floating on a cloud. Think a mix of hippy and hip, because they've also tried to plug in modern technology all over the place too.

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No Fridge, No TV, No Aircon in Kerala, India Hotel

Where: Anapara, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Duke's Forest Lodge in Kerala, south-west India, looks so nice from the website. That's surely what bloggers Phil and Claire thought too, until their own miserable experience taught them otherwise. According to the bloggers, the resort didn't quite live up to the expectations they'd had. For example:

Although the room is very large with a lovely balcony right next to the pool and we have our own small pool/Jacuzzi underneath our villa, we have no tv, no fridge, no aircon and no shops we can buy anything from. Insects can get into our room and we only have a very feeble fan miles above the bed.

Love those insect-infested rooms. Things didn't get any better outside the room, either:

The guy from reception that looks after the place appeared blind drunk upon our arrival; he could hardly talk or walk and was very rude when answering the phone. The food is probably the worst we have ever had; it is not like me to leave much but I have hardly eaten anything here

As if that's not bad enough, they'd agreed (they thought) through their internet booking that all meals would be included in the price; on arrival, their friendly reception guy said they'd have to pay for lunch and dinner. And out in the middle of nowhere, there wasn't much choice. So while India's Kerala might be a fantastic state to visit, there might be some problems with Duke's.

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· The Bottom End of Kerala [Phil & Claire]