Into Kerala’s backwaters and the Arabian Sea
We had the most relaxing time walking the warm and beautiful hillsides of tea plants in and around Munnar.
Being high up the Western Ghats, the air was sweet and clean and scented by jasmine and brugmansia.
At night, the landscape was even more delightful as the hillsides gently dissolved into mist and the setting sun turned the sky warm...
Time in Udaipur, Venice of the East, white city of lakes and palaces
We left Jaipur to catch an early morning flight to Udaipur, also known as the ‘Venice of the East’ because it is a city on five lakes.
However, our flight was delayed and we ended up waiting at Udaipur airport for a few hours before finally making it and arriving in the city known for its zinc mines and its...
See the wonders of India on this exciting 14-day tour
July 9, 2017
Today, I am happy to announce the launch of my next garden tour - an exclusive 14-day trip to India in February with the option of a six-day add-on to explore the spectacular Kochi backwaters.
This is the most exotic, colourful and spicy destination we have ever visited.
In the past, we have taken tours to China, Japan, South...
Into gardens of New Delhi and on to Chandigarh
We came to India for many reasons. Most of us wanted to get a more intimate, personal, first-hand experience of the country rather than relying on what we had read or been told by others.
However, many of us came with some negative expectations. We had accepted that we were likely to find streets crowded, after all we were well...
First days in Delhi after 14-hour flight from Vancouver
Our flight from Vancouver to Delhi could not have gone more smoothly. It was long - 14 hours, Delhi being 13 1/2 hours ahead of us on the West Coast - but there is no better way to travel on a long distance flight than aboard an Air Canada 787 Dreamliner.
We decided to come to India two days early,...
Untold stories from my India trip
Here are a few untold stories from my recent India Tour, stories that for one reason or another just didn’t fit into posts I published each day.
Head injury
The first and most important untold story is about how Bev Morris, one of the women in my tour group, slipped and fell and cracked open her head when she got up...
From Udaipur to Munnar and the beautiful tea hills of southern India
We left Udaipur and flew back to Delhi for one night before catching an early morning flight to Kochi in southern India.
The moment we arrived, we were aware of the change in temperature and humidity, even though it has been hot - in the 30s - in Udaipur.
But in Kochi, it was also humid and tropical and we quickly...
