Runaway Brit

Sri Lanka’s Best Beaches

January 17, 2016April 3, 2016 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Nature, Travelling beach, Blue Whale, Deliwala Mount Lavinia, Hikka Tranz, hikkaduwa, La Voile Blanche, Mirissa, sri lanka, SriLanka, turtle, unawatuna

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

My Best Travel Moments of 2015 in Photographs

December 31, 2015March 28, 2016 Featured, Travelling 2015, ayurveda, expat, goa, hikkaduwa, holi, holidays, india, KARE, kerala, manali, Mumbai, nepal, palolem, sri lanka, tourism, travel, traveler, Traveller, unawatuna

It’s that time of year again; the time to reflect on the year gone by, and to look forward to the year ahead. It’s a cliché to do so, but I think it is important

Perspectives: Why Single Indian Women Should Travel to Thailand

October 31, 2015March 29, 2016 Advice, Asia, Beaches, Featured, Friends and Family, India, Life in India, Travelling Female Travel, india, Indian female travel, thailand, 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

Kare Ayurveda Retreat: Eat, Stretch, Love

October 25, 2015March 28, 2016 Advice, Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Health & Fitness, India, Life in India, Nature, Tradition, Working Overseas ayurveda, health, iyengar, KARE, lifestyle, mulshi lake, pune, retreat, yoga

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

The Best Mumbai Street Food and Where to Try It

October 17, 2015March 28, 2016 Advice, Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Friends and Family, India, Life in India bademiya, elco, gastronomy, india, Mumbai, pani puri, pav bhaji, sada dosa, street food

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

Copenhagen: Is it Europe’s Coolest City?

September 18, 2015March 28, 2016 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Nature, Travelling 7 reasons, Christiania, cool cities, coolest city in Europe, copenhagen, denmark, Nyhavn, travel

Few could disagree that Copenhagen is one of Europe’s coolest cities, if not the coolest. Somehow it manages to balance an old-world charm stemming back to childhood readings of Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, with

5 Reasons to Ride a Segway around Prague

June 28, 2015March 19, 2017 Blogging, Europe, Featured, Travelling city break, CzechRepublic, europe, prague, Segway, tour, tourism, travel, Traveller

Hands up if you think that Segway tours are a bit lame. I’ll admit that I have always been judgemental of people who take Segway tours, so when my friend suggested that we take one

How Mumbai is (slowly) Making Me A Better Person

June 3, 2015March 28, 2016 Asia, Featured, Life in India, Travelling india, learning, Life Lessons, Maximum City, Mumbai, Reflecting

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

Summer’s Coming, and I’m Going to Europe!

May 2, 2015May 2, 2015 Europe, Featured, Plans, Travelling berlin, copenhagen, cornwall, denmark, england, estonia, europe, germany, hamburg, prague, stockholm, summer, summer getaways, sweden, tallinn, travel, uk, united kingdom, västerås

In June, heavy monsoon rains will saturate the streets of Mumbai, so I am doing what most other foreign teachers here do—leaving India for the summer. And what better place to go than Europe? In contrast

5 Reasons to Visit Shimla

April 17, 2015March 28, 2016 Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Travelling 5 reasons to visit shimla, advice, himalaya, india, mountains, shimla, shopping, top five, travel, travel list

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

Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Japan, Life in India, Life in Sweden, Literature, Nature, Photography, South America, Swedish Tourism, Top Ten, Travelling army, asia, atacama desert, aurora, bolivia, bosnia, bucharest, caribbean, chile, china, colombia, dracula, edinburgh, estonia, europe, fuji, gotland, Greece, holi, iceland, iguassu, iguazu falls, india, isle of skye, istanbul, japan, Jökulsárlón, kleftiko, lapland, machu picchu, mary king close, mostar, Mumbai, new york city, northern lights, NYC, ogmore, ogmore beach, ogmore by sea, parque tayrona, peru, qatar airways, romania, rurrenabaque, san blas, scotland, skye, sri lanka, stari most, sweden, taj mahal, tallinn, terracotta warriors, udaipur, unawatuna, valparaiso, visby, wales, waterfalls, xi'an, yamuna river, zostel

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

Palolem, It’s Good to be Back!

April 6, 2015October 5, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Life in India, Travelling beach, goa, holidays, india, palolem, tourism, travel

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

Stick Fishermen of Sri Lanka: Fishing for Dollars

March 22, 2015December 6, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Tradition, Travelling culture, fishing, SriLanka, stick fishing, stilt fishing, tourism, travel

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

Mumbai Festivals: Holi

March 11, 2015October 11, 2015 Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, Friends and Family, Life in India, Partying celebrate holi in India, colour, festival, holi, india, Mumbai, travel

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

Riding the Rails in Sri Lanka: From Colombo to Galle

February 15, 2015December 19, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Featured, Travelling colombo, Galle, SriLanka, train

There’s only one way to ride the train in Sri Lanka: standing in an open doorway with your hair in the wind while you desperately cling onto an ancient-looking rusty metal bar that looks as

A Rainy Day At Sigiriya

January 18, 2015December 6, 2015 Asia, Featured, Travelling monsoon, rain, Sigiriya, SriLanka

Sigiriya —the Lion’s fortress—is undoubtedly the highlight of a trip to Sri Lanka, so as soon as we reached Kandy we booked a car and driver to take us to the rock. It would be

Could I Live In Colombo, Sri Lanka?

January 3, 2015April 3, 2016 Asia, Featured, Travelling asia, city, colombo, SriLanka

During the planning stages of my recent trip (and by that I mean that I read an article or two) I read that Colombo is merely a city to be passed through on the way

Why You Should Visit Stockholm in Winter

November 30, 2014December 13, 2015 Advice, Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling city break, five reasons to visit stockholm in winter, stockholm, stockholm city break, stockholm tourism, sweden, visit stockholm in winter, winter, winter break, winter tourism

Visiting Stockholm between October and May is a thought that sends shivers down the spines of many, but in my opinion it is the nicest time to visit. Although the city comes alive in the

How A Back Injury Made Me Reassess My Priorities

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 Advice, Featured, Travelling advice, back problems, diet, do it while you can, fitness, health, life, seize the day, travel

Last Friday evening I collapsed in my bathroom as I was about to take a shower. Just like that: I twisted slightly to one side and fell straight down like one of those controlled demolitions,

Košice, Slovakia: Try Once, Love Forever

Goodbye, Serendipity

Europe Travel: Eight Lakes in Six Days

Reinvention, Promotion, and a Whole Load of Summer Travel