I have been lucky in travelling to some far-flung places and, as an English teacher, I love putting experiences into words-hopefully to recommend and entertain!
I write this several days after cyclone Ockhi hit just fifty-five kilometres off the coast of Kanyakumari, India’s southern…
“Biriyani: a mixed rice dish made with spices and meat: chicken, mutton, beef or fish”. Sounds simple enough…
Despite being fortunate enough to have been visiting Kerala since 2009, this was my very first opportunity of being in the region to celebrate Onam. It falls in late August/early September or “Chingham” in the Malayalam calendar, which has always marked the beginning of the…
So read the slogan on one of the rickety and seriously overloaded lorries that we were following on our ten-hour road trip to…
When my husband announced that we were going crab hunting as a treat for my birthday weekend away from the city, I had my reservations. First off, the destination was Umm Al Quwain which is not an emirate that my fellow expatriates have ever mentioned as a tourist hot spot.