Mayhem. I always think of “mayhem” as a positive word and if there’s one word that sums up my time in India on Intrepid Travel’s 16-day ‘South India Unplugged’ tour then it would have to be that. Mayhem to me is thrill of riding a tuk-tuk at night through the crowded, narrow alleyways of Madurai….
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NZ Herald Intrepid Travel South India Article #3 – Historic Fort Kochi & The Jungles Of Periyar National Park – Top 50 Photos
Last week the New Zealand Herald published the third and final chapter of my southern India adventure from October 2014. Based on Intrepid Travel’s 16 day “South India Unplugged” tour, this was one of the most intense, wild, mayhemic and beautiful travel experiences of my 10-year travel writing career. The events of the article…
India: Temple Temptations – Adventures In Hampi – My 2nd Herald Article About South India + 30 Photos
From the top of Anjaneya Hill, Hampi. *UPDATED SEPTEMBER 19: Scroll to the bottom of this article to watch a one-minute video blog I filmed for Flight Centre and Intrepid in Hampi last year. Hopefully it gives you a taste of why this part of India is so beguiling. This place could seriously be the…
NZ Herald South India Articles – Part 1 Of 3 – The Beaches, Backwaters & Hidden Charms Of Kerala
An old rice-boat converted into a floating boutique hotel. Here’s the link to the first in my trio of New Zealand Herald articles about my Intrepid Travel / Flight Centre adventure to the south of India late last year. I’ve told friends and family, as well as my Newstalk ZB listeners, a lot about the…
What Makes Myanmar’s Inle Lake So Remarkable – Part 2 In My NZ Herald Series + 25 Favourite Photos
Cage-net fishing, Intrepid tour of Myanmar, Inle Lake. Part two of my New Zealand Herald series of articles on Burma / Myanmar was published this week, this one on what makes Inle Lake so remarkable. Located in central Burma, this is a place where everything is floating – floating villages, floating markets, floating…