On the beach It was just what the doctor ordered. Total peace and relaxation, wonderful food, discrete but attentive service in our secluded private garden in the mornings and evenings and our private area of the beach in the afternoons. We were entertained watching the never ending struggle between predator and prey as the crows and kites attacked the crabs which were trying to get from the waters edge to their holes at the top of the beach. When the crab spot...

Marari Villas Good Morning gentle reader and welcome to Kerrala, India. Our butler, Shan, has served us breakfast of fresh fruit, Keralan pancake, fruit juice and ginger tea in the privacy of our own beautiful garden. The Express and The Hindu report that President Obama will arrive in Delhi on Sunday (same day as us), that tiger numbers have increased by 30% since 2010 (well done the tigers and keep it up), that someone born into poverty in India has as good a ...

Going to India again! You need your head examined! And so, having spent New Year in hospital having my head thoroughly examined we are nearly ready for the off. (No, it wasnt the drink, it was a genuinely extremely rare, medical condition. I suffered a temporary loss of memory and didn't even know that I was going to India. At least I now know that my head is in perfect working order.) In Inverness the weather is bleak with intermittent rain and snow, icey stre...