Hidden gems and trade secrets from The Guru
"I've been to some wonderful places in my travelling life, not least on my very own grown up gap year. If you're looking for some ideas and inspiration then check out some of the suggestions below.
They're just a selection of things I did - that enriched me in some way, be it culturally or emotionally. I travel with my head and my heart, making sure I fulfil the needs of both. And, keeping in mind Mark Twain's wise words - that it's the things you don't do which you regret - I've included a few wistful wonders that I didn't do but wish I had. Now you can do them for me!
Please feel free to also add or send in any of your own, I love receiving your suggestions and ideas."
Tessa Mills
Career Break Guru
India
If you only do one thing...go to Jaiselmer, an ancient fort in the desert of Rajasthan.
Head...sunrise over Taj Mahal; Jain temples; Mumbai.
Heart...relax on the beach in Kerala; worship in Puskhar; toy train to Shimla.
I wish i'd....gone to see the tigers in Ranthambore
Thailand
If you only do one thing...relax on the beaches in Phuket.
Head...Royal Grand Palace, Bangkok.
Heart...beach life in Koh Phangan; Chang Mai;
I wish i'd....gone to Krabi.
New Zealand
If you only do one thing...visit Milford Sound.
Head...Rotorua hot springs; Maori museum, Wellington.
Heart...swimming with dolphins in Kaikoura; shotover jet in Queenstown.
I wish I'd....climbed a glacier.
Hawaii
If you only do one thing...
Head...
Heart...
I wish I'd
British Columbia
If you only do one thing...
Head...
Heart...
I wish I'd
Vietnam
If you only do one thing...
Head...
Heart...
I wish I'd
Turkey
If you only do one thing...
Head...
Heart...
I wish I'd
Cambodia
If you only do one thing...
Head...
Heart...
I wish I'd
Places to go
Inspiration
"This is indeed India! The land of dreams, of romance; of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty; of splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels." Mark Twain
"Japan does not disappoint the stranger; she corrects his fancies and then begins to enrich him with her truths." Edmund Blunden.
"Angkor Wat calls you silently, irresistibly, day and night." Crosbie Garstin
Hawaii is a paradise and I can never cease proclaiming it." Jack London.
"No other building I have ever seen has conveyed to me quite that degree of airy grace, of absolute purity." S.J Perelman, about the Taj Mahal
"Venice is a dream of soft waters." Carl Sandburg
"The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea is their silence." Dame Freya Stark
"No matter how prepared you think you are, the first sight of Uluru will jar each of your jaded senses." Susan Storm