Phew - it feels like a really long haul but I was pleasantly relieved when I picked up the India books from the freighting company yesterday afternoon.
They’re beautiful and amazing!
I’m all at once exalted, humbled, grateful, happy, excited, energized and exhausted. Do I take …
Thali plate from a restaurant in Hampi, India
Last week, I was perusing the cookbook aisle of a fabulous bookstore in the Chinatown neighborhood of Seattle. The bookstore, Kinokuniya, is attached to Uwajimaya, an international grocery store where, although a bit high-priced, …
I’t’s been exactly one month since I left India and I’m already nostalgic to get back there. What better time to reflect on my month-long journey than through photos of one of the most beautiful places I visited, Kerala.
Fishing boat just south of Varkala. …
I’ve had several women contact me in the last few weeks and ask for my suggestions on what to wear in India. GREAT question gals!
Despite the revealing clothes worn by Bollywood hotties like Aishwarya Rai, India is a socially conservative country. As a traveler, you’ll be immediately judged and treated …
It’s no secret that I love being on the road. I enjoy the sights, sounds, smells and freedom that a plane ticket and the lack of a laptop and cell phone brings.
But I also enjoy being home.
Another thing to enjoy, sunset near …
During one of my few days in Delhi, I took some time to visit with Amy Scher, a woman I had been introduced to via email just days before she was departing the U.S. for India.
Amy has been in Delhi for a couple of months receiving embryonic stem cell treatment. …
(Full disclosure - I’m back from India, safe and sound, and am now catching up on my blog posts.)
I gave myself a few days in Delhi so as to do some souvenir shopping and to visit with a few new friends. One of these new friends was Sumitra Senapaty, owner …
After an amazingly relaxing week in Varakala (a little TOO relaxing, I might add), I shot back up to Delhi via a JetLite flight. I was a bit concerned about an airline that calls itself “lite”, but, despite the fact that it departed a couple of hours late, I …
OK - so I wrote the Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo. I didn’t say solo travel is always easy - as I was reminded part way through my India journey.
I had been in Varkala for just a day. I wasn’t feeling well though I had checked myself into …
As frustrating as India can be with regards to lack of infrastructure, there are some cool items that I’ve been able to take advantage of while on the road.
Most notably is the fact that for less than $1/hour, I can access (when the power isn’t down) the internet and, if …
For Women Traveling to India
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