Bargain Vacation - India

Our summer vacation seems to be a non-starter this year, so, I thought I’d share snapshots of my recent literary travels. These trips are free from the library, no vaccinations or passports are required, and some include time travel bonuses.

Tiger Moon

by Antonia Michaelis
translated by Anthea Bell
Amulet Books, 2008

For reviews, see teen reads, Powell’s books, writing with a broken tusk and charlotte’s library.




If you’ve ever wanted to experience a monsoon, visit a desert oasis, see the River Ganges or rescue a princess, read Tiger Moon. One review (writing with a broken tusk) quibbles with cultural, geographical and historical aspects of the novel, and I admit I’m not qualified to judge these topics. That aside, this mini-vacation includes the opportunity to ride a white tiger, an experience unavailable on many costlier tours.

"How does a story of India begin?
Does it begin with the three rivers the Ganges, the Yamuna, the unseen Sarasvati pouring her dreaming waters down from the snowy mountains to the hot, dry plain?"

Tune in next week for more travel discounts.