Four Great New TransIndus Experiences for Rajasthan
India 07.02.2019
It’s hardly surprising Rajasthan welcomes the lion’s share of first-time visitors to India. Boasting some of Asia’s most vibrant cities, spectacular buildings and colourful traditional cultures, the region offers the perfect introduction to…
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TransIndus Top 5 Experiences: Cambodia
Cambodia 30.01.2019
With a superbly rich mix of experiences within easy reach of each other, Cambodia offers the perfect recipe for a relaxing, inspirational holiday. Here are six of our consultants’ top tips. All may be slotted neatly into a two-week tailor-m…
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Our Top 6 Experiences in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan 24.01.2019
There’s a lot more to the Silk Road’s most compelling country than green-tiled domes. Read on to discover the six top highlights picked by members of the TransIndus team. Blue Hour at the Registan The hour after sunset, when the Cent…
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My Iran ‘Silk Road’
Iran 28.09.2018
Travel writer and photographer, David Abram, shares his personal Iran travel highlights in the wake of Joanna Lumley’s recent programme . . . It’s always great to see a country you’ve loved travelling to being given the full filmic trea…
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Kerala: Four of the Best
India 27.04.2018
TransIndus MD, Amrit Singh, unveils a quartet of wonderful off-track gems in the backwaters and hills of Kerala and neighbouring Tamil Nadu . . . One of the most satisfying things about being a specialist tour operator is discovering lovel…
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'Only in Kerala': 10 Unique Experiences
India 26.04.2018
Rough Guide to Kerala author, David Abram, celebrates Kerala’s quirky side Many are torn between choosing between Goa and Kerala to spend time at the end of a holiday around India's golden triangle. In Kerala, it’s not only the intensely t…
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Highlights of Japan's Sacred Trails on the Kii Peninsula
Japan 18.04.2018
The Kii Peninsula – ‘Kii-hantō’ in Japanese – is a mountainous region southeast of Osaka that’s little explored by foreigners, but which boasts a fabulously wild, rocky coastline of pine-studded bays, and some beautiful pilgrimage sites nes…
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The Okinawas: Japan’s Sub-Tropical Paradise
Japan 18.04.2018
Straggling for over 600 miles (1000km) from Kyushu to within a stone’s throw of Taiwan, the sun-drenched Okinawan Islands are Japan’s own Hawaii. The archipelago’s climate is blissful, its beaches white and powder soft, its seawater translu…
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Bali’s Wild West
Indonesia 13.04.2018
A light breeze blows off the Java Straits, causing little waves to slap against the prow of the launch as we skim across the bay. The sun is low on the horizon and the colours are rich: cobalt blue water; topaz sky; lime-green vegetation; a…
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Slowly Down the Ganges . . .
India 04.04.2018
Prior to the arrival of the railways in India at the end of the 19th century, the annual transfer of the imperial capital from Calcutta, at the mouth of the Ganges, to Shimla, in the Himalayan foothills, involved an epic 1,200-mile journey.…
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Golden Threads: Suzani, Caps and Carpets
Uzbekistan 28.03.2018
Traditional crafts have seen a revival in post-Soviet Uzbekistan, and most of the best work is produced by women. I’m standing in front of one of the former ‘trading domes’ of Bukhara – intersections in the ancient silk road city’s covered…
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‘Like Angkor Without the Crowds’
Cambodia 22.03.2018
The magnificent temples complexes of Angkor soak up the lion’s share of visitors to Cambodia, but there are other Khmer ruins hidden in the forests further north where you won’t have to rub shoulders with your fellow tourists. It literall…
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