Whoever says Pondicherry is a ‘little piece of Paris in India’ clearly has never been to Paris. It does, however, have some lovely old French colonial architecture, and they do know how to make a…
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The challenge in trying to describe anything as outrageously eclectic, manic, colourful and fun as travelling by bus in India, is that you can’t reduce such noisy, crazy, sometimes smelly, organised pandemonium to a couple…
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Having had our fill of Hindu temples, we headed from Madurai to Karaikudi, a short and painless couple of hours on a bus. Don’t believe the fellows spruiking day trips and city tours, who will…
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Five days, 96km criss-crossing the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas and, as our trek guide said ‘nothing is flat in Nepal’. Day 1 – Darjeerling to Tumling: Our trek began with a Jeep…
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“India has two million gods, and worships them all. In religion all other countries are paupers, India is the only millionaire.” (Mark Twain) Nowhere is this more true than in Tamil Nadu. Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)…
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