Holiday Goddess

Alana Hunt finds a wonderful tailor, delicious local food and a temple where turmeric is offered to the Gods.

By Alana Hunt
Categories Cultural, Destinations, Exotic Destinations, Mumbai

$86 gets you first night accommodation at the Albert Court Village Hotel – a quality hotel located in Little India.

By Alison Carmichael-Rulten
Categories India, International Deals, Singapore

Jaisalmer, also known as the Golden City and renowned for its famous camel safaris into the desert, is in western Rajasthan. At the heart of this city is the glorious Jaisalmer Fort.

By Alana Hunt
Categories India, Rajasthan

Nestling at the very tip of the Indian subcontinent, Kerala is a country of green and quiet backwaters, lively cities and glorious beaches, and quite different from the rest of India.

By Andreina Cordani
Categories India

Snow sports have always been associated with the entitled. The British monarchy traverse the slopes of Switzerland annually, Michelin star restaurants dot the French ski villages of Courchevel and Megeve and Oprah and her pal Tom Cruise both own property in Colorado’s Telluride ski resort.

By Rachael Oakes-Ash
Categories Colorado, India, New Zealand, Skiing, Travel Tips and Secrets

Vibrant colours. Rituals on rivers. Sacred cows. People. Poverty. And prosperity. Images of India have probably circulated in my mind for as long as I can remember. But it wasn’t until the ticket was booked and I was heading there alone for four months that I really started to hear stories about the place. Those who had never been to India, but had a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend who once had, relayed their wisdom. I heard everyone spoke English. I heard the food was unbearably chilli and that the streets were dotted with human excrement. I heard that cows standing on airstrips delayed the take off and landing of airplanes. I heard not to trust taxi drivers, and not to walk on the streets alone. I heard there would be little respect for human life and that people disappeared off the streets every day. I heard not to look men in the eyes and not to eat any fruit or vegetables without peeling all the skin off first.

By Alana Hunt
Categories Delhi, India

“India has a hair fetish” writes ABC broadcaster Sarah Macdonald in her subcontinent travelogue, Holy Cow (Broadway Books). “Every Sunday the parks are full of girls sitting in a circle massaging oil into each other’s scalps, and the salons buzz to the sound of hair dryers.” On the streets of Mumbai, India’s financial and glamour capital, there are makeshift barber shops on the footpath and girls in bright kurtas push past with liquorice locks.

By Felicity Loughrey
Categories India, Mumbai, Spa breaks

Travelling around Mumbai I would opt for the black-and-yellow taxis. They are mostly old Fiats that aren’t made anymore. They feel like dodgem cars crammed across lanes of traffic and not obeying any road rules as far as I could tell. Most cabs are without rear vision mirrors and seatbelts. But nevermind, just about every vehicle has a shrine on the dashboard.

By Felicity Loughrey
Categories India, Mumbai

I visited the Taj Mahal on Sunday morning – leaving Delhi at 2am to get there by sunrise in a car with five other friends.

By Alana Hunt
Categories Agra, India

An Indian Reading List.

By Alana Hunt
Categories India