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Want to go to Paradise? Well, we just found it!

March 4, 2014 by Denis 1 Comment

Uncovered while visiting Humayun’s Tomb in New Delhi, the origin of the word “Paradise”. The Iranian Farsi word for “Walled Garden”, a treasured feature of the palaces of the time, is “Pairi Daeza”!       Stay tuned to BonVoyageurs.com for more Countries of the World as we share our joie de vivre from around… 

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Filed Under: Asia, India Tagged With: around the world, city breaks, Delhi, Humayun, India, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Paradise, Quebec City, Travel

The Gandhi paradox – A day in New Delhi!

February 10, 2014 by Denis 3 Comments

The Gandhi paradox. We visited the Gandhi Smriti (Memorial) in the center of New Delhi, the house and garden where Gandhi lived the last month of his life and where he was assassinated on the 30th of January 1948.   Even today, the Gandhi Smriti is a remarkably peaceful oasis in the middle of a… 

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Filed Under: Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, city breaks, Delhi, Gandhi, India, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Quebec City, Travel

The best of colonial living : The Delhi Gymkhana Club

February 8, 2014 by Denis 4 Comments

Delhi Gymkhana Club. “You’ll get your dentures before your get a membership at the Delhi Gymkhana Club”, headlined a 2011 Times of India article about the Delhi Gymkhana Club.  “That’s if you apply young”, the article went on, “It will be a 37-year wait if you apply now”. That’s the average number of years an… 

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Filed Under: Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, city breaks, Delhi, Delhi Gymkhana Club, Gymkhana, India, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Quebec City, Travel

Kingdom of Dreams : Where Bollywood meets Epcot

February 7, 2014 by Denis 2 Comments

Kingdom of Dreams. For an unconventional twist to your vacation in India, consider a visit to the Kingdom of Dreams, the recently completed Disneyesque mega entertainment center in Gurgaon, about ten miles southwest of the Indira Gandhi International Airport of New Delhi. Spending an afternoon at the Kingdom of Dreams represented for us an alternative… 

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Filed Under: Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: around the world, British Airways, city breaks, Delhi, Gurgaon, Imperial Hotel, India, Jet lag, Joie de vivre, Kingdom of Dreams, luxury escapes, Quebec City, Shanti Path, Travel

Delhi … or is it New Delhi? Some thoughts on India travel

September 19, 2013 by Denis 2 Comments

India travel.   We are going to India and Nepal next February. This is a trip which I was not keen to organize,  even though I now have a new career as a travel writer and a blogger (I invite you to visit my travel blog BonVoyageurs.com and enter your email address on the home… 

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Filed Under: Asia, Exotic East, India, Travel Tales Tagged With: Agra, around the world, Asia, Besancon, China, city breaks, Curry, Delhi, India, India travel, Jaipur, Joie de vivre, luxury escapes, Mughal Empire, Mumbai, Nepal, New Delhi, Quebec City, Travel, United States

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Meet the Crew.

TOP 10 travel experts and influencers on social media and rated as one of the most influential travel bloggers in the world, Denis and Lynn Gagnon have been circling the globe for more than 45 years. Former international business travelers, they know how to travel - with class, comfort, and style. Members of the National Press Club, PTBA , NATJA and SATW. Wish to connect? Email them at [email protected].

A NEW addition to the BonVoyageurs team is Atlanta-based travel writer and culinary expert Dominique Gagnon, and travel photographer Justin Ellis. By day, Dominique designs and grows new meaningful consumer brands, while Justin is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist researching early brain development. By night, they are watching Chef's Table while plotting their next culinary and sport adventure.

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