Set the mood and prepare your mind for India So you’re thinking of going to India ?  Help make it a firmer idea by setting the mood and prepare your mind – it will help consolidate your thoughts and make it a firm decision.  How do you set the mood and prepare your mind for India ? Ever since I was in my early teens I had an unconscious love of India – all those Joss sticks I used to burn and the hippy fashion I followed. Later I had sari’s as curtains in a deep pink bedroom. India was […]

Techie gifts for travellers for 2018 Thinking of a good Techie gifts for travellers for 2018 ? If a loved one is going away these gifts will make their travels easier, safer and more enjoyable. Just click on the photos to be redirected to Amazon where you can order exactly as you normally do – you should even be logged in as normal – and you can buy should you wish to. We earn a tiny commission if you do which helps to pay for the hosting of this website. Thanks in advance. 1) Travel scales For before they go […]

Indian e-tourist visa uploading PDF copy of passport – prepare before applying It took over 3 & 1/2 hours to complete the appliction.  Uploading photo and copy of passport in pdf format – which had to be under 300kb – was time consuming. I’m in my 50’s so thought perhaps it was just me not being very tech savvy but have asked around and it’s not just me. In hindsight I could have completed in stages – and had the photo and passport pdf ready before i started filling in the form.  Hopefully the info below in this blog will help […]

  Take your photo (and pdf passport copy) before applying for the Indian Visa to save time and make life easier for yourself . It took over 3 & 1/2 hours to complete the online Indian Visa application.  Taking and uploading the photo for the Indian Visa and copy of passport in pdf format was the most time consuming. In hindsight I could have completed in stages – and had both the photo and passport pdf ready before i started filling in the form. This was not advice given by the online visa website.  Follow the the info below in […]

I love my rucksack with detachable daypack For a whole variety of reasons. But mostly it’s because I only have two arms !  It’s so much easier when your travelling to carry all your luggage loaded over your back in one go than to have to cope with a rucksack and then in addition a separate day bag/handbag over one shoulder or hanging off your arm. The only nervousness I have over the rucksack with detachable daypack system is that I cant see it and worry people could access the daypack without me knowing in a crowded environment but this […]

So you’ve decided your going to travel somewhere. Maybe it’s India.  Maybe you’ve booked it.  Maybe it’s still a dream. Let’s face it the more money you have available the easier your trip will be and the more fun you’ll have.  So why not start saving now. Buy a hot drink flask.  Make fresh coffee at home and stop buying on the way to work. This will not only benefit your pocket but the environment also. Plastic coated paper coffee cups are not good for the environment – they do not recycle – and millions are used and disposed of […]

Are you considering volunteering at Mother Teresa in India? I travelled to Kolkata in February 2017 with a friend and volunteered at Missionaries of Charity for just over a week. Volunteering was, for me, hard work but extremely rewarding and at times emotional.  The process of arranging to volunteer is fairly simple – there is no need to contact the Missionaries of Charity before you travel to India  – you literally just turn up in Kolkata and register. Language should not be a problem as many people in India speak English – most of the sisters at Mother Teresa speak […]