When I was looking at visiting Pondicherry I couldn't find a bad word about the place. Seriously, I tried (I like to be prepared). But Google and fellow travellers - eastern and western - would only deliver kind words about…
‘You will be lubricated, scrubbed and sweated,' says the grinning Ayurvedic doctor. Sounds scary? Yep, I was a little apprehensive, especially when he causally mentioned the possibility of far more daunting cleanses. Block your ears (no, that's not a treatment),…
The food you eat and its effect on the body is a popular topic of conversation among westerners in India. You'll find you know more about the digestive systems of newly found friends than people you've known for years, with…
Cycling along the Bangalore Nilgiri road through the centre of Mysore city is a hairy experience. In the midst of the tooting and honking tuk-tuks, cars and motorbikes careering towards each other (and you), there are cattle grazing in the…
I am struggling to put pen to paper - or rather greasy sun-lotioned finger to smudgy iPad. This is not because I am uninspired by Little Cove Yoga Retreat, Goa (first stop on my travels around southern India). Quite the…
