Memsahib in India

As a seasoned traveller with over 25 years of experience exploring India, including 13 years living in the country (alone) I have gained a wealth of knowledge and insight into navigating this inc...

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The very nature of any sort of tourism as we know it is far from sustainable. The inevitable international flights for one, the on the ground transport for another and over recent decades with tr...

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I’ve been pondering recently and if I think about it, it was solo travel that changed my life. Back in 1998 I met three people who had a travel company specialising in Africa and they wanted to...

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With Shinta Mani Mustang, a Bensley Collection Hotel, having opened its doors, will luxury travel to Nepal finally be put on the map? Mystical Mustang, on the Tibetan Plateau is a spectacular and...

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Think of Goa and one thinks of spending a couple of weeks on sun-drenched beaches, lined  with palm trees swaying in the breeze, chilled days with chilled drinks and excellent cheap food; in sho...

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Nothing can prepare you for India. It doesn’t matter how many books you’ve read or friends you’ve spoken to or tv programs that you’ve watched. Nothing can prepare you for arriving at whi...

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I am not sure who first said it  but it has been repeated by anyone who has ever visited and that is, ‘One lifetime isn’t enough to explore India.’ I can testify to that, I’ve been trave...

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I’m not going to lie, I bloody hate Christmas. I hate the forced jollity of it all, which is weird as generally I am quite jolly. I hate the expectations, the commercialisation of it, shops goi...

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Fog + Gatiman = latest train scam. At an ungodly hour, bleary eyed, and trying to enter New Delhi train station, we heard, “No madam, you must go to that entrance.” Half asleep I complied. At...

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   The South Luangwa in Zambia, versatile options for  extraordinary safaris. I had arrived at Flatdogs C amp in Zambia at night, meaning that I couldn’t see much of my surroundings. The cam...

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