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South India for Women Travellers: My First Ebook!

South India for Women Travellers: My First Ebook!

South India for Women Travellers: How to Survive and Enjoy Your Trip  is my first ebook and it is packed with travel tips for women planning to visit South India. From where to go to what to wear, South India for Women Travellers offers practical no-nonsense India travel advice. It includes tips for planning a [...]

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Flowers worn in hair, Tamil Nadu

India Travel Tips for Women: Things to Enjoy in India!

Things you might enjoy as a female travelling in India: 1. Connecting with Indian women in the most unexpected ways. Don’t be surprised if Indian women make pretty direct and personal comments about your appearance. Indian ladies love to give you advice on your outfit, your jewellery (or the lack of it), the way you [...]

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Indian women in sari in the Taj Mahal

India Travel Tips for Women: What to Wear in India

Some parts of India might at first sight appear like Ibiza (especially Goa) and if you travel in the bigger cities you’ll see lots of women in Western-style clothes. Outside the tourist areas and the big cities, however, most women wear traditional Indian clothing (a sari or a salwar kameez), or maybe a kurta top [...]

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Women Shopping at Pushkar Camel Fair, India

India Travel Tips for Women: Packing for a Trip to India

India is like no other country on the planet. Travelling in India can be challenging for female travellers, especially if you’re a Western woman travelling alone. That should not stop you from going and you don’t need to be hysterically scared when travelling to India, but you need to be aware of your surroundings and [...]

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A woman and a child in Mumbai, India (Photo by Wen-Yan King)

How I got my Nose Pierced in India

A few weeks into my second trip to India I realized I would have to get my nose pierced. Make that “re-pierced”. I had pierced my nose once before, but had given up wearing any nose jewellery back in the West, because it did not seem to put me in a good position in serious [...]

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India for Idiots

India for Idiots: E-Book Review

“I want to set a new genre for women travel writers. One where we dare to venture where no woman has ventured before and keep away from safe paths and society groupings of women wearing crocs. One where self analysis matters less than Technicolor poems shouted by the roadside and meals shared by the light [...]

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Is India Safe?

Is India Safe?

A reader of this blog recently thanked me for providing travel tips that were (among other nice things) non-alarmist. I never thought of my writing in this way, but after reading some travel articles about India recently I am starting to wonder why so many India travel articles, especially online, are trying to scare the [...]

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3 Safety Tips for Women Travelling to India Alone

3 Safety Tips for Women Travelling to India Alone

India can be challenging for women travellers. Here are three easy ways to make your arrival in India safer and slightly more comfortable. Use Pre-Paid Taxis and Rickshaws at the Airport Most Indian airports and railway stations have a pre-paid taxi counter. You give your destination’s address at the counter, pay a small fee (usually [...]

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