Hot, dirty, and full of poverty and squalor, Siliguri offers a grimy contrast to its neighbours in Sikkim and Darjeeling, ironically two of the cleanest places in all of India. Quite the irony indeed, as Siliguri is quite literally one of the filthiest places in India, and easily the dirtiest in West Bengal. Aside from…
There’s a lot of things I am VERY nerdy about, chief among them obviously being Street Food, but one thing that comes pretty close are the Maunsel Forts from WW2 that litter the oceans of the UK. And it just so turns out that you can visit the Redsand Maunsel Fort from another obsession of…
During my first trip to Sikkim I had been largely unimpressed by the beer scene in Gangtik, until some local help got me to The Square Restaurant and Bar located on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (MG Marg). Not only did this deliver a well earned pint after a day at a dry wedding, but it also…
While I have long known that India likes spicy things, never did I expect that this would extend to ice-cream. At Buza Scoopa in Gangtok it not only exists, it is bloody good. If you prefer something a bit more vanilla, pun very much intended, then you will be pleased to know that Buza Scoopa…
So, Nouakchott has been called one of the most boring cities in the world, but is that really true? Well yeah it really is, as our Nouakchott Guide will show. And why is this? Well there is no nightlife, no drinking, few restaurants, and well not all that much going on. Of course there are…
Known as the city of bridges it would be fair to say that Constantine does what it says on the tin. And that is a city that is quite literally full of bridges, nice ones too. There is though much more to this place than a few quaint bridges and there is much more of…
