HIMALAYAN HEADINESS

FROM RICKSHAW TO GOLD BUGGY, METAMORPHIS TAKES PLACE..

MODELLING OUR WHITES, MAJOR FASHION MOMENT.

EARLY MORNING SESSION IN THE YOGA SHALA, A BEAUTIFUL SPACE TO STRETCH  INTO YOUR DAY!

BREAKFAST OVERLOOKING THE HIMALAYAS... A MOUTHGASMIC SMORGASBOARD OF GOURMET FRUIT, CHEESE, NUTS, SEEDS, PASTRIES AND PLATTERS  

 OUR LOVELY WAITER SAURABH, EXTREME 5 STAR SERVICE. 

 LOCATED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS, ANUNDA RETREAT PROVIDES A COMPLETE MIND, BODY AND SOUL EXPERIENCE. 

IF YOU ARRIVE WITH NOTHING YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED. 

WHITE PANT AND KAFTANS ARE SUPPLIED WHICH EVERYONE WEARS ON THE GROUNDS. 

NO FASHION STATEMENTS, NO JUDGEMENT. EVERYONE IS STRIPPED OF THEIR IDENTITY AND VANITY, TO LUXURIATE IN THE MOST BASIC FORM OF SELF. AYURVEDIC EXPERIENCES, YOGA AND MEDITATION ARE PROVIDED, THEIR MOTTO 'IN THE INFINITY OF LIFE TAKE TIME OUT FOR THE SOUL'.

LUXING AROUND THE INFINITY POOL AND ORDERING GOURMET FOOD ACCORDING TO DOSHA TYPE MAKE THIS RETREAT A COMPLETE SOUL SATISFYING ZEN EXPERIENCE.

INTO YOUR ARMS

CHOCOLATE NIRVANA ON A PLATE.

BON APPETIT!

 THE LOVELY LISA WEARING PEACOCK FEATHER EARRING AVAILABLE AT
 NAVAJO GIRL ONLINE SHOP.

WRAP DINNER WITH THE CREW FROM CONDE NAST TRAVELLER, A FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER AND LOCAL CREW FROM BOMBAY..

LOVING GOODBYES TO PHOTO EDITOR TOM, ADIOS TIL NEXT TIME!

AFTER SURVIVING THE ROUGHEST RICKSHAW RIDE OF MY LIFE I WAS SUDDENLY INFLIGHT FROM VARANASI TO DEHLI, PICKED UP BY KARAN'S DRIVER AND REUNITED WITH LISA AT THE OBEROI HOTEL WHERE SHE'S BEEN SHOOTING FOR CONDE´ NAST TRAVELLER. 

AFTER ENDURING THE CHAOTIC ONSLAUGHT OF CHARMING VARANASI, I EMBRACED FIVE STAR LUXURY WITH OPEN ARMS!

IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE WE'VE SEEN EACH OTHER, SO OBV MUCH GOSSIPING AND HUGGING ENSUED. WITHIN MOMENTS WE WERE INFUSING IN INSENCE AND CLUTCHING CRYSTALS WHILE ORDERING THE MOST DELECTABLE ROOM SERVICE I'VE TASTED SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER IN MUMBAI! MY INTERNALS ARE SO USED TO  LOCAL INDIAN FOOD I GET A MILD REACTION TO FIVE STAR CUISINE, HOW I'VE MORPHED INTO A LITTLE NATIVE! 

TO VARANASI WITH LOVE

SUNRISE BOAT RIDE ON THE GANGES. WATCHING THE WORLD COME TO LIFE.

MEDITATING, BATHING, SHAVING, EATING, PRAYING...

THERE'S NO ESCAPING A HARD SELL

CRUISING IN LUXURY.

MORNING MEDITATIONS

EARLY MORNING CHAI SITTING ON THE STEPS, WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY. 

LAUNDROMAT

CHAI BUBBA

AFTERNOON DELIGHT

BIGLOVE AND THANKS TO MY INDIAN FRENCH BOY CHARLES FOR BEING SUCH AN AMAZING GUIDE TO THIS CITY AND HIS BENEVOLENT WORK WITH THE ORPHANS, REG FOR HIS INFINITE IDEAS AND QUIRKY COLLECTABLES AND MISS KATIE SNOWFLAKE MY INTREPID PARTNER IN CRIME. 

I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS PLACE FOR THESE SPECIAL PEOPLE, LATE NIGHT ROOFTOP CONVERSATIONS, CHAOTIC CALM ON THE GHATS, SURVIVING RICKSHAWS, THE BEST APPLE PIE EVER, AFTERNOON TAN SESSIONS, MOUSETRAPS AND DODGING MANGLED DOGS, MOTORBIKES AND COW DUMPS ACROSS TINY LANEWAYS..

KISSES AND SHANTI TO YOU ALL!! X

Wearing vintage floral top from Surry Hills, Sydney, skirt from Pushkar, Sabre Sunglasses and assorted arm bands and wrist bands from India!