Lewie Gonsalves

I’m always involved with all our trips to India. It’s the place where I grew up and I still feel a strong attachment to this wonderfully complex country. It’s a place of contradictions and chaos, of extremes and treasures, that will engage all your senses. Let go of all your preconceptions and let India come to you – I can guarantee that you will be richly rewarded.

On a scouting trip to Indonesia, I revisited two of my very favourite places. The massive Borobudur Temple is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site and climbing Borobudur is a pilgrimage in itself. While I’m a fairly practical person, as I climbed upward from level to level, it really did feel as if I were symbolically moving along a journey to enlightenment. Bali had been a favourite place for decades; it is quite simply one of the most beautiful places on earth! Any moment spend on Bali is sure to make your life list of memorable moments.