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A Brilliant Solution to Combatting Over Tourism Whilst Benefitting Local Communities – Introducing Community Homestay Network Nepal

How do you cope, in these days of gross over tourism, with promoting fabulous new destinations that you discover and want to shout to the world about, but don’t want to see go the same way? I now see destinations I visited some 20-25 years ago which were extraordinary and my heart bleeds at what

Bera Safari Lodge Jawai: A Safari Lodge With A Soul

Now before you read on, I’d like you to look at the pictures. Pictures of a stunning natural landscape that geologists have dated at over 850 million years old. A landscape that is known for its leopard population and is also home to hyena, sloth bear, blue bull, blackbuck, wild boar, jackal, fox and approx.

The One That Blew Me Away – Kaziranga

OK, I am certainly not in the top many thousands of people who have visited and after just 4 nights/5 days, I can hardly call myself an expert but, having being totally immersed in India as my specialist subject for the last 20 years, and having just visited Assam, I realised just how little I

Focus on Mainstream Destinations for a More Sustainable Travel World

For 25 years I’ve been promoting travel beyond the bucket list and for 25 years, by and large, I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall. 85% of travel companies just promote the same old same old. If the pandemic could change that, all well and good, but realistically will this happen?  After the

Top Tips Traveling to India – Part One The Planning

India is vast, each state is like a different country, there are countless ways to travel it and for it to meet your expectations and yet everyone just wants to visit the Golden Triangle, but what about if you want something more? India is also colourful, loud, unfathomable and can be overwhelming, so just how