Tag: heritage buildings
Christchurch NZ, My Personal Post-Quake Tour
Christchurch, New Zealand has long been known as “The Garden City.” However, these days when I mention my home-away-from-home in New Zealand, I’m likely to hear “Isn’t that the place that was pretty much destroyed by an earthquake?” Well, yes. There’s that, but it wasn’t just “an earthquake.” Since the first quake in September 2010, […]
Best Private Mumbai Guide – India
A private Mumbai guide named Vinita Shahani gets all the credit for our last – very successful – visit to this enormous city. Keep in mind that neither my husband nor I are easily intimidated by noise and chaos…but Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) really did feel a bit overwhelming. We could have played it safe and […]
India – Experience Village Life
India presents a challenge to Authentic Luxury Travelers. The class distinction and financial status of the local population is so disparate that it’s almost impossible to get to know “the man on the street” and have a sense of what it would be like to live in an Indian community. The closest we came to […]
