Venture into the highlands of Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent and sooner or later you’ll stumble upon a hill station. These lofty, purpose-built settlements offered imperial administrators, military officers and planters a home away from home where they could rest, recuperate and socialise when summer temperatures at sea level became unbearable.
The colonials are long gone but close one eye and you could still be in Europe. Cream tea and a game of billiards, anyone?
Taste…