With Ben’s work complete in Delhi, we are ready to pursue an eight year old dream of coming back to Rajasthan. There are times when we have travelled in the past to a far away place, a moment, a time…

With Ben’s work complete in Delhi, we are ready to pursue an eight year old dream of coming back to Rajasthan. There are times when we have travelled in the past to a far away place, a moment, a time…
Of all the characters who have floated in and out of lives during the six years we lived in Nicaragua, Brook was always the most unpredictable. A knock at the door… and a whirlwind of energy and adventure would enter.…
What started as a one-off writing assignment for a boutique hotel in Bali last year, has blossomed, as I had hoped, into a mini-career track. I now reach out to boutique hotels along our way, and when it fits our…
If our first Indian stopover, in Verkala, was imbued in Indian-ness, due to the Hindu-centric activities of the holy beach near the town’s 2000 year old Hindu temple, Kochin is an entirely different experience. It is the multiplicity of foreign…
India, oh India… What a special place you hold in our memories and fantasies of exotic travel! When Peta was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to confront death, in 2005, I (Ben) seized on the mind-focusing event to ask…
We have travelled to Udawalawe Park, where we will soon have the treat of an elephant safari. This time, we opt for a low budget accommodation -~at the Elephant Fence Guest House. We often have no idea where we are…
We arrive in Bangkok after 3 days of travel from the U.S. via Taipei. We take the Bangkok super modern Sky Train from the airport to get downtown, and go straight to the Indian Embassy with our bags, to apply…