For several years we have, as a family, sponsored a few disadvantaged children around the world via the charity Compassion. Sponsoring a child gives that child and their family and their community a small but…

It is only 100km from Kumily (Thekkady) to Munnar and in India you might expect to be able to cover this distance in less than four hours if your bus driver had little respect for…

Today we have just come back from a walk in the Periyar Tiger reserve. So we took a rickshaw taxi to the gate of the Tiger reserve then we got out. We had to wait…

I am sitting on our tree house balcony listening to the the sounds of the forest at night whilst I write this, a recommended way to prepare for bed! We arrived at our present homestay…

Between the mountains and the coast stretching along the middle third of the Keralan state (and maybe more) lie The Backwaters. This wetland area, cunningly created from who knows what and how long ago, is…

January 31. We have just arrived at our beach hut in Varkala, a 50km drive from Trivandrum. Even in complete darkness this place has a good feel to it. Clean and Spacious. The only sounds…

  A car took us from Jodhpur to Udaipur through the Ranakpur area. The scenery was absolutely beautiful and was made especially enjoyable by the fact our driver was unusually chilled out and drove calmly…

Having survived a 9 hour train ride from Ranthambore to Jodhpur a couple of days ago, we nearly completely missed seeing Jodhpur altogether!  For 2 days we viewed Jodhpur just from the rooftop terrace, which…

Our story takes us to the minimalist town of Sawai Madhopur, famous only for its proximity to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Ranthambore, as we call it for short, is a 300sqkm natural park, previous royal hunting…