One has to exercise blind faith when travelling in India. Whether it’s trusting a speeding bus driver to navigate dangerous mountain roads or eating at a restaurant that displays questionable hygiene standards, one has to surrender to the unfamiliar ways of this unpredictable society. But never before had I to exercise blind faith to the extent I did when hot… View Post
Going wine tasting was the last thing on my mind when I decided to holiday in Myanmar. However, I unexpectedly found myself sipping on a cool glass of sauvignon blanc in a vineyard that overlooked Inlay Lake in Myanmar’s Shan State. This lakeside mountain scene could easily have been mistaken for the wine regions of France or Italy, and somehow… View Post
The crew scrambled to pull and feed a series of ropes to unfurl the two sails, which became caught and taut in the wind. We were travelling at 10 knots per hour from the island of Ko Racha to Phuket. We were sailing, and it felt free. I was one of seven finding their sea legs on a weeklong sailing… View Post
