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Kerala backwaters

The Sound of Silence in Kerala’s Backwaters

Featured, Food and Drink, India, Life in India, Tourist Attraction, Tradition, Travelling backwaters, boat, india, kerala

Having lived in Asia for 6 years of my life, I am pretty immune to noise by now. I can sleep through the loudest thunderstorm, I like hearing early morning church bells or the Call to Prayer,

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Real Marigold Hotel, Jaipur

Khatu Haveli – Staying at The REAL Marigold Hotel

Featured, India, Life in India, Travelling india, Jaipur, Khatu Haveli, rajasthan

When I retire I'm going to settle in a place where the sun is always shining and the drinks are cheap; so watching Judy Dench browsing colourful markets in the movie, ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, made me

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Memories: Two Years in India (Part 3)

Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Travelling india, memories

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

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Memories: Two Years in India (Part 2)

Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Photography amber fort, elephant, india, memories, monkey, rajasthan, shimla, taj mahal

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

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Memories: Two Years in India (Part 1)

Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Travelling india, reflections

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

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A Weekend in India’s Wine Region

Asia, Featured, Food and Drink, India, Life in India, Travelling beyond sula, brut, drink, food, india, nashik, resort, sula, vineyard, wine

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

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Meet Arrowhead: Queen of Ranthambhore National Park

Asia, Featured, India, Life in India, Nature, Photography, Travelling arrowhead, india, machli, rajasthan, Ranthambhore, ranthambore, Tiger, zone 4

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

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Glamping at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

Asia, Featured, India, Nature, Travelling Incredible India, india, Jungle Safari Resort, Ranthambhore, Tiger, Tiger Safari

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

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My Best Travel Moments of 2015 in Photographs

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

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Perspectives: Why Single Indian Women Should Travel to Thailand

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

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The Best Mumbai Street Food and Where to Try It

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

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How Mumbai is (slowly) Making Me A Better Person

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

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5 Reasons to Visit Shimla

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

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Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

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

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Palolem, It’s Good to be Back!

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

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Mumbai Festivals: Holi

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

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Let Travel Put Some Colour Into Your Winter

Advice, Featured, Travelling arctic circle, argentina, chile, colour, cornwall, iceland, india, Salar de uyuni, travel

Winter is Coming. Are you feeling it yet? That dull feeling that creeps into your soul as the days get shorter and darker. That heaviness in your spirit as the sky gets heavier and the

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Goa is Gorgeous in the Rain: Here’s Why You Should Visit in Monsoon Season!

Asia, Beaches, Featured, Life in India, Photography, Travelling anjuna, beach, goa, india, monsoon, rain, storm

Before I left for my recent trip to Goa I envisioned long lazy days of lounging around in the sun, shopping for cute bohemian dresses, eating good food at beach-side shacks, and watching glorious sunsets

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Slum Tourism: Life Inside the Real Dharavi

Asia, Featured, Life in India, Travelling destinations, dharavi, india, india travel, slum, slum tourism, slumgods, the real slumdogs

The monsoon rains have waned, swelling Mumbai’s air with thick, sticky summer heat. It was in heat like this that I started my tour of Dharavi— the slum that was once considered the largest slum

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Sustainable Tourism in India: Redstone Eco Centre, Mahabaleshwa

Asia, Featured, Life in India, Nature, Tradition, Travelling ecotourism, farm, india, mahabaleshwar, organic, panchgani, redstone, self-sufficient, sustainable tourism

India is a country that forces travellers to question their lifestyle choices, which is why so many people come here looking for change; and in many cases sustainable tourism can offer a chance for the

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My name is Elaine. I am a British teacher who left the UK to work overseas many years ago. So far I have taught in Japan, Vietnam, Sweden, India, and now Slovakia.

I make the most of my holidays to do the thing I love most…travel!

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