Goodbye, Serendipity
In March 2008 I visited a place that changed my life. Of course, back then bracing myself for every bump in the dusty road I had no idea where the rusted bus careening wildly along the highway from Phnom Penh …
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Memories: Two Years in India (Part 3)
I left India yesterday and have some emotions to deal with. You will hear many things about India, such as how you will both love and hate it at the same time, that you get out of it what you …
Memories: Two Years in India (Part 2)
With my last month in India rapidly drawing its last breath, I realise that I have been rather slow at updating this series. (see Part 1) This is primarily down to what is known as the ‘Vodafone Saga’, which …
Memories: Two Years in India (Part 1)
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that I wrote a post announcing my move to India – a place I had often said I could never live, yet had now committed the next two years of my life to. …
Mountain Flight Over the Himalayas
What do you do when you want to see the Himalayas, but you don’t have enough time to trek to them?
This was my dilemma when I visited Nepal. Due to work commitments, I had only seven days which is, …
A Weekend in India’s Wine Region
Last weekend was one of those times when I simply had to get out of Mumbai and, luckily for me, the weekend happened to be the Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year) holiday, which gave me the Friday off work. So, …
Meet Arrowhead: Queen of Ranthambhore National Park
I have done many amazing things during my time in India but seeing a tiger in the wild is definitely a highlight. Nothing sends shivers down the spine quite like the striking flash of orange emerging from the dense verdant …
Glamping at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve
We arrived in Ranthambhore after a bumpy 3-hour drive from Jaipur airport, 160km away. The sun had set long before our GPS directions led us into a desolate area of scrub wilderness – pitch black and vast – unhelpfully telling …
Why Kathmandu Needs Tourists to Return in 2016
“Visit Durbar Square in Kathmandu, but as there’s nothing left you shouldn’t pay the entrance fee.”
This was the advice given to me by a fellow traveller during my visit to Kathmandu, Nepal. I was told to look straight ahead; …
Yala National Park: On Safari in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has an impressive array of wildlife for a country of its size, and whilst most people tend to associate the tiny Indian Ocean island with honeymoon beach holidays, safari tours are equally big business. Of all the National …
Sri Lanka’s Best Beaches
I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last two Christmas holidays in Sri Lanka, the teardrop shaped island located off the coast of India. Living in Mumbai, I barely see the beach or even spend very much time in the …
Perspectives: Why Single Indian Women Should Travel to Thailand
Having been living and travelling overseas for, gulp, about 13 years now, I have met many people from many different places, all with great tales to tell. I have often thought of inviting them to share their perspective on RunawayBrit, …
Kare Ayurveda Retreat: Eat, Stretch, Love
Life in Mumbai can get pretty chaotic: it’s a big city, filled with—literally—millions of people. Like Raj says in ‘Big Bang Theory’: ‘it’s hot, and it’s loud, and there are so many people! You have no idea—they’re everywhere’.
Living …
The Best Mumbai Street Food and Where to Try It
If there is one thing you must do when you visit Mumbai it is to put all fears aside and try the street food; because, honestly? It’s simply the best street food that you will ever try. I promise you.…
How Mumbai is (slowly) Making Me A Better Person
I have been in Mumbai just shy of a year, which is—admittedly—a little too soon to write a post like this, but Mumbai is a city like no other. Often referred to as the ‘Maximum City’, Mumbai pulses with a …
5 Reasons to Visit Shimla
When you’ve lived in chaotic Mumbai for almost 8 months, trust me, you start to long for open spaces, clear air and beautiful views, so when my parents came to visit at the end of February I planned a road …
Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet
I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when they each had separate currencies. …
Palolem, It’s Good to be Back!
Generally, I prefer to travel to a new place rather than simply go back to the same destinations over and again. The only exception to this so far has been Sihanoukville, which was just too much fun and so …
Stick Fishermen of Sri Lanka: Fishing for Dollars
There are few things more exciting than seeing an iconic view of a place that you have travelled thousands of miles to visit, whether it’s the Eiffel Tower glittering in the night sky, a decorated elephant walking down a busy …
Mumbai Festivals: Holi
Having seen numerous documentaries and vivid photographs of people covered head-to-toe in brightly coloured powder I have wanted to experience Holi for many years. Out of all India’s many,many, festivals Holi is the most colourful and the most joyful. In …