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Northern Kerala is only now opening up to tourism, and you may be the only white face the locals have ever seen. It’s a place of untouched beaches, fabulous nature and a sophisticated, varied cuisine. It’s much hillier, more authentic and less populated than the south – where the tourists have been going for years.
I am onstage in front of 65 strangers who think I’m a stand-up comedian. I’ve never done anything like this before. Why have I agreed…
I am lying on a wooden massage bed as two women rub my naked body with hot pouches of cooked rice, milk and medicinal herbs.…
As we stepped off the Dodekanisos Pride ferry onto the Greek island of Symi for our late August beach holiday, our thoughts were on sunbathing…