Accommodation is in two vast Crusoe-style family villas with two double or triple rooms with a decked lounge area and huge day beds. The local wildlife includes monkeys, crabs and weaver birds, while you can try kayaking, sailing, scuba diving

. Activities include beach volleyball, glass-bottomed boat trips, snorkelling and art classes. Prices for a seven-night stay at Anahita start at £5,920 for two adults and two children (under 12 years of age) bed and breakfast, including return economy class

healthier renditions of favourites such as burgers and hotdogs.Prices start from £5,045 for two adults and two childrenon a bed and breakfast basis including economy flights from London and return airport transfers. For details, visit www

Assumption, they say, is the mother of mess-up. Oh, and what a fool was I to assume that on a long-haul flight with a duration of 11 hours there would be back-of-the-seat in-flight entertainment to keep a five-year-old amused. Instead, there was one

the Black River Gorges National Park where white-tailed tropicbirds with long streamer tails glided like kites on warm thermals. We drank sugarcane juice (the sign said it helped with the growth of sexual organs, which greatly appealed to my sons’ schoolboy

-course dinner à deux, while Joe slept on the banquette. As we finished our simply divine desserts – Grace deemed her chocolate trio to be the best ever – one of the waiters whisked Joe up from his seat and carried him off to bed. Day 7: Mumbai–HomeWe started our