India Travel Articles

The Last Mahaseer – Fishing in India

The Mahaseer is the most sought after sport fish in India. But Amar Dev Dhindsa worries for their future after seeing the effects of fishing with explosives.

Shah Jahan, Akbar the Great et moi

Phillip becomes rich, gets a chauffeur, leaves Delhi and begins to arrive in India

Want to See a Dead Body? – Varanasi, India, Asia

Varanasi, the city popularized in guidebooks for its burning ghats has always held a morbid fascination for tourists and for Ankur Ahuja.

What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 2 – Delhi, India, Asia

Phillip Donnelly describes touts, scams, rules of engagment, and how to get out of a scam in Delhi, India. He also takes in a few of the sights of Delhi, and sights they are.

What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 1 – Delhi, India, Asia

Phillip Donnelly experiences culture shock, tout wars, explains 'the con' and finds time for a museum in a city that represents a little of all of India.

Truckking Ladakh – India, Asia

Som Datta rode with trucks that missed seat belts, sometimes windshields, carried goats, petrol and military men.

Strangers to the Rescue – Belgium, Canada, India

Travellers have to make locals allies. Joseph Jude recounts how he was helped by locals on his journey.

Travel Interrupted: Mumbai after the Attacks – India, Asia

Traveler Kristin Kent arrived in Mumbai 24 hours after the terrorist attacks ended. She discovered a recovering city and heroic stories.

Trekking Tigers in the Wild – India, Asia

Uday Patel is our personal guide in wildlife safaris and tiger trekking expeditions in India's tiger reserves.

India: Kerala – Hippies, Hikers, Hookahs and Harems

Hippies, Hikers, Hookahs and Harems: A sedate cruise through the Keralan backwaters,
the 'Hugging Mother' roadshow and a talented, fortune-telling parakeet ...