On location: Beecham House in India
India 22.07.2019
Travel writer and Indo-phile David Abram on why a new TV costume drama has provided plenty of Indian travel inspiration. I made it plain to all my friends and family. For the past six weeks, Sunday nights have been sacrosanct. No-one expec…
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Reasons to Visit India During Monsoon Season
India 05.07.2019
Every destination has a best time to go and India is no different. The monsoon season, between June and September, is low season for travel and a season that many travellers avoid. But there are good reasons to visit India during this time,…
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Back from Vietnam
Vietnam 28.06.2019
Our Southeast Asia specialist, Gary Meynell, has recently returned from a 15-day recce around Vietnam, visiting the must-see sights of Halong Bay, Hanoi and the Mekong Delta, as well as lesser-known places that will appeal to travellers loo…
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Back from Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan 14.06.2019
My favourite place? The Fergana Valley is in the eastern region of the country bordering with Kyrgyzstan. Its natural mountains and substantial greenery is a beautiful change of contrast from the flat desert-like area seen elsewher…
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Sri Lanka - Good News
Sri Lanka 07.06.2019
As of 6th June 2019, the FCO Travel Advice for Sri Lanka has been downgraded, to no longer advise against all but essential travel. The full wording of the travel advisory can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/sri-lank…
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Iran: Q & A with Managing Director Amrit Singh
Iran 31.05.2019
April 2019 saw TransIndus MD, Amrit, returning to Iran once again, this time leading a group of very lucky clients on a special departure of our Wonders of Iran Group Tour. Combining all the big-hitting sights with many less well-known d…
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Wildlife Sri Lanka: Where & When to Go
Sri Lanka 15.05.2019
For wildlife lovers, there are few destinations as magical or memorable as Sri Lanka. Packed with the best romantic, luxury resorts and home to rainforests and wetlands, this country is one of the best places in the world to spot creatures…
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On the Frankincense Trail
Oman 03.05.2019
Author David Abram traces an ancient trade route along the coast of Oman It has to be the most evocative perfume on the planet. One whiff and I’m immediately transported, in high Proustian fashion, to a gloomy chapel in the mountains of Cr…
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Oman’s Nine Natural Wonders
Oman 03.05.2019
In Oman, the locals are amused by their neighbours in the Emirates building giant skyscrapers, and shopping malls with ice rinks and ski slopes. “Why bother when we have Wadi Nakhr?” Why indeed . . . The Sultanate boasts more than its fair…
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Hats; Central Asia
Uzbekistan 22.03.2019
For the inhabitants of Central Asia (at least, those of a certain age!), hats are more than merely a means of keeping heads warm, as our team discovered on a recent recce in Uzbekistan... You don’t have to be in any Central Asian country f…
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7 Unique Experiences: Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan 21.03.2019
Few people could tell you much about the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, in Central Asia, but it is, quite simply, among the most beautiful places on the planet. Bisected by the Tian Shan, or ‘Celestial Mountains’, the country forms a…
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