Luxury Vagabond - wet wipes at the ready!

On one of my trips to India I came across this phrase 'Luxury Vagabond' in a guide book, and it struck me as the perfect description to my own travelling style. I don't like to rough it, so my bag is always stuffed with various wet wipes and sprays.

However, I still look for the authentic Indian experience, and I can't help but enjoy riding in a 'tuktuk' despite the dusty, sweaty and uncomfortable journey. I leave the sanctuary of my beautiful Heritage Hotel, fresh, pressed and clean, only to arrive at work 20 minutes later as a 'luxury vagabond', wet wipes at the ready!

Hot & Sweaty In The Back Of A TukTuk

At the end of a long day sitting on floors, I head back to the oasis of calm that is my hotel, ready for a long cool drink served by the friendly hotel staff in traditional dress, who always assume you want a large measure! It's always nice to sit outside, despite the mosquitoes making you look half mad with flaying arms, and hopefully meet up with fellow vagabonds to discuss the shared joke of 'Indian Time', which is always 3 times longer than you have been told! In an effort to keep us (the customers) happy, Indian men always say 'yes, no problem....just two minutes more'

New Friends Made On My Trip

Tea is another essential luxury, but you have to ask for 'tea with separate milk' or it comes all in one pot. They always bring hot milk, but by this time I have given up trying to ask for cold, as this is a totally foreign concept to them. But I get far to used to the room service, and when I get home I can't understand why my husband won't keep getting up and making it for me!