Scenes from the Sunderbans whose misty early mornings lend an ethereal quality to the start of your day’s safari. One knows this is a vast area of mangrove swamp lands but knowing that doesn’t prepare one for the sheer scale of the region, the tranquility, silence and sense of peace interspersed with moments of excitement…
Encounters with locals, Deogarh.
Visiting the wonderful Devshree, a new firm favourite in Rajasthan and the scene of many a fabulous Christmas well spent, I decided to venture out into the local village unaccompanied. I am, afterall, a veteran of India solo travel, I’d been here before, what could possibly go wrong? Well, here I am with the oldest…
Detox Day Three, what the brochure never tells you.
Could a detox spa treatment be akin to giving birth? As in, you forget how bad it was the first time until you are in the midst of it again. To what am I referring? What is known, by those in the know, as Day Three Syndrome. The caffeine, booze and chocolate/crisp/bacon buttie stocks in…
Shedding The Outer Goddess.
It’s not often I go on for the woe is me, me me me, inner peace and finding myself and all that mallarky but right now, facts need to be faced. I arrived back in India three years ago having kicked a three year illness in the ass. This background is not asking for sympathy,…
Jaipur & the Great Outdoors – yes it is an adventure destination.
People tend to think if they have been to Jaipur and seen ‘the sights’ then there is no point going back. I disagree, Jaipur is a destination that can be visited time and time again, the city itself has so much to offer, but if you have ‘been there and done that’ as far as…