India is a gold mine for people coming here looking for yoga - and many of you are! I am based in Goa, which has dozens of very popular yoga retreats. Rishikesh and Mysore are also huge for yoga. I've written some introductory posts on the best yoga retreats in India, which I am going
It did not take a lot of convincing to take a tour of the Bishnoi village near Jodhpur. We arrived at our hotel, Blue House Guesthouse (highly recommend), and within five minutes of the hotel owner telling us about this lesser known part of the common Rajasthan tour packages, we were hooked. He talked about
Welcome back to This is India! I always have funny/weird stories about India to share with friends or family when I talk to them. This is just meant to be an honest portrayal of my life in India through short anecdotes. I also share here what I’ve been up to online outside Hippie in Heels.
I have not written about new places in Goa in a while. The last restaurant post I did was 10 of my favorites for 2015! While my Goa ebook has all the new cool places since then + hundreds of the best places to eat around Goa, this blog hadn't had new additions in a while.
India's pink city, Jaipur, is officially one of my favorite cities in the world and all it took on this second visit was being there with someone who knew the place like a local. Now that I see the other side (not the backpacker's side) of Jaipur, I'm hooked! When I first went to Jaipur, I
The following post is from my friend, Rachel Stone, who has been traveling in Goa India with kids for years and is based here most of the year. She has traveled with her cuties all over India as well and is going to share her top tips for other moms traveling in Goa India with
I am so excited to share this post and it's been a long time coming. My readers have been using these Trabug phones during their travels in India and the feedback has been awesome. I wanted to walk you through ordering and using a Trabug phone, information about travel SIM cards in India, how Trabug
I just decided to quickly put together the tips I can think of for having a great New Year's Eve in Goa because the emails are flowing in asking me about it! Goa is a notorious party place and with that comes a huge crowd of people from abroad but also all over India. The
