Sarah Pacheco

My Favourite Destination

India

• The food! It's a vegetarian or vegan wonderland. I had the best meal of my life at the Fairmont Jaipur. More often than not you can order off menu if you know what dishes you want. Masala Chai at breakfast, lunch and dinner! I would go back just for the food, dishes change depending where you are, foodies would love it.
• The shopping! I love the clothes and jewelry, shopping is an entire experience. You arrive at a store and are given a beverage and at least 1-3 people personally waiting on you. You can't leave India without getting a sari made for you and splurging on some jewelry. It's the only place I would purposefully pack all my fun sparkly jewelry. It's not uncommon to see people walking the streets decked out wrist to elbow in gold & emeralds so the more sparkly you are the better!
• The colors & festivals! Festivals and colors go hand in hand. You seriously can't visit India without catching at least 1 festival without even meaning to. There are constantly celebrating festivals year round outside of the well known ones (Diwali, Holi, and Pushkar). Everywhere you go there are splashes of color, whether it’s the women in their sari's or the gorgeous palaces. Color I feel is an important part of their culture, the more colorful you are the better!