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If you're traumatised by the T-word and have lost the best part of your wealth on the stockmarket...

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Going Places
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  • The Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka: If you’re traumatised by the T-word and have lost the best part of your wealth on the stockmarket, there’s no better place than the old wing of the Galle Face Hotel which has hosted European royalty and Hollywood stars your grandparents swooned over. Thanks to the civil war, a sea view double room situated on the same street as the Sri Lankan president’s home costs less than a single-room hovel in a no-name New Delhi guest house. Plus it comes with the world’s best free breakfast buffet.

  • The Sheesh Mahal, Orchha, Madhya Pradesh: It’s possible to live in the royal suite in this wonderful crumbling Madhya Pradesh Tourism-run heritage hotel for next to nothing. So it is the place to go to for paupers who wish to live like kings. Watch out for the dancing girls, though they’re actually boys dressed in drag.

  • Gokarna, Karnataka: Bad times? Good times? Depression? Wars? It would take a direct nuclear hit to alter lifestyles in Gokarna where people haven’t changed their ways since Ravana stopped by.

  • Goa: Goa has never been as peaceful. No flea market. No Saturday nightmarket. No raves. No Titos. No traffic jams. It’s just like the good old times!

  • Jaisalmer, Rajasthan: If nothing else works, hit the road to Jaisalmer. Munch on a ‘green chocolate’. Knock back a ‘thandai’ in full view of the ‘sonar killa’ at the government-licensed bhang shop. If that doesn’t get u giggling, nothing will.

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Vikram Sundarji is a travel writer

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