On a recent trip to the famous Caribbean Island we were fortunate enough to eat at world renowned “the cliff” restaurant on the west coast. An undeniably beautiful dining experience involving fine French cuisine, immaculate service and a perfect private cove setting complete with turtles in the under-lit sea! If I am pressed however, despite all this glamour, I would not choose it as my number one recommendation of where to eat on this Paradise Island. On the east coast, on a windy stormy day in an open-topped car we took lunch at the aptly named “Atlantic Hotel” which served up Pepper-Pot Stew and Cou-Cou, a local food made posh which was tasty, hearty and refined all at the same time. However, even the fond memories of battening closed the shutters to the storm lashing outside, ... read more

India never ceases to amaze you in ways one could never predict. We spent two days riding in on-off torrential monsoon downpours, after six hours in the wet stuff on day one we were soaked to the bone. Being checked into a swanky hotel through the service lift because the management thought we looked like hobos was our reward! This was Mangalore – a city which Lonely Planet reliably informed us had a manageable population of a mere 300,000 – on arrival, after fighting half an hour into the city cold, wet and grumpy, we discovered the population was 2.5 million! Leaving Mangalore the next day we felt excited to be back on the twisting roads, three days from our final destination. After fifteen kilometres of beautiful riding the rain started again in earnest – when ... read more