Pune, India – Trip Report

[floridarob]

Just finished a 3-day stay in Pune, based at the Conrad Hotel, where I was upgraded to a spacious suite — easily one of the best hotels in town. Great service, Excellent Executive Lounge and pool,  a comfortable base to unwind.

There’s definite potential on the apps here, though, as usual in India, you have to navigate a sea of fake photos and profiles before you find genuine guys. Still, patience paid off — I met a couple of nice locals, and Piyush, who’s been traveling with me for the last nine nights, kept things lively. We enjoyed the hotel, the city views, and a few relaxed nights in.

I also visited the Hard Rock Café Pune, which was my 97th Hard Rock worldwide — and unfortunately, the first one that actually tried to scam me. After paying my bill, they produced another one claiming the first charge was only for the souvenir glasses and not for the food and drinks. They even said the prices on the menu were outdated! Needless to say, I didn’t pay twice and have already emailed my corporate contacts about it. Waiting to see what they say.

Despite that hiccup, Pune itself surprised me —  friendly, and easy to get around. I’d return someday just for the hotel experience. One of the hotel staff was on Grindr, but he's not allowed in the rooms so we would've had to go to a motel or something nearby, too much work for me, lol

Took an Uber Intercity car a 3.5 hr ride to Mumbai, where I am now in a premium larger vehicle, $40usd.

[polysome]

Any experiences in Bangalore?

[floridarob]

Yes...nothing sexual there, the hotel I stayed at had a guy working the exec lounge that I was hitting on and brought out for dinner with one of his friends, plus a worker at the Hard rock there, My 100th, so they treated me well....for both of those reasons and more exploring ,I'm returning in Oct, I've been chatting with both off/on since I've left.

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, floridarob said:

Yes...nothing sexual there, the hotel I stayed at had a guy working the exec lounge that I was hitting on and brought out for dinner with one of his friends, plus a worker at the Hard rock there, My 100th, so they treated me well....for both of those reasons and more exploring ,I'm returning in Oct, I've been chatting with both off/on since I've left.

You are in good shape for 100!

[floridarob]

6 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

You are in good shape for 100!

I have zero delusions that I'll make it to 100.... I'm in the @Olddaddy camp, our days are numbered....my bar to reach is 72.