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From Our Own Correspondent: Antarctica and India

03/04/2013

Antarctica and India

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Antarctica and India

Even remote Deception Island can be full of tourists; why many Indians avoid sunbathing

BBC producer Tim Mansel finds no respite from visitors, even on the shores of remote Deception Island; by contrast, Rahul Tandon explains why Indians shun sunbathing on the beach

Pascale Harter introduces personal stories, insight and wit from BBC correspondents and journalists around the world. In this edition, tales of the unexpected in tourism. BBC producer Tim Mansel sailed to the Antarctic expecting to find chilly, even desolate isolation - but soon found it was unexpectedly hard to find anywhere quiet, whether on the boat itself, or on the shores of remote Deception Island. Meanwhile, Rahul Tandon finds the beaches and poolsides of India surprisingly empty of visitors - or local ones, at least. But why? Is the noonday sun still only for mad dogs and Englishmen?

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