With the Kama Sutra Under My Arm

Having been left for another, Trisha decides that the best way to nurse her broken heart is to escape to India, armed with a copy of the Kama Sutra with its promise to teach her how to seduce a new lover, train a hawk (to carry love letters, of course!), furnish a house seductively, and seduce other women’s husbands (well, maybe not that one). At the last minute, Trisha is joined by her long lost backpacking companion, Sally.

Unbeknown to Trisha, in the intervening years, Sally has become a bag lady and a shopaholic. Now Trisha finds herself sharing her Indian adventure with her eccentric friend and her monster suitcase with its untidy collection of clothes, maps, pamphlets, plastic bags and secret Sally stuff.

Navigating the chaotic streets of India in death-defying rickshaws, and traversing the country on overcrowded trains, and buses driven by speed freaks, Trisha and Sally find themselves almost marooned in the Thar Desert after an unfortunate dog incident, almost camel-napped in Rajasthan, pursued by a charging bull at Jaisalmer, attacked in no uncertain terms by an amorous monkey in Delhi, and stranded in a flooded hotel room in sodden underwear in the middle of the night at Mount Abu… and those were the good days! With her passion for architecture and history in her heart, and with the Kama Sutra under her arm, Trish Bernard takes us on a hilarious romp through India.

With her passion for architecture and history in her heart, and with the Kama Sutra under her arm, Trish Bernard takes us on a hilarious romp through India.

About The Author

Trisha Bernard was born in Melbourne and began travelling at 16. She hasn’t stopped since and has visited more than 100 countries, even stopping to earn a bit of money in 20 of them. She’s worked as an au pair in Paris and Morocco, taught English in Greece and Jamaica, worked on boats in Canada and Mallorca and tutored in Sweden and London.

Trisha has also written 26 published young adult books. With the Kama Sutra Under My Arm is her first adult travel title and the realisation of a life long dream to share her stories with grown ups!