For the past two years, Ease India Travel has been a contributor to ShopArt ArtShop, an endeavour that is the brainchild of maverick chef and arts patron, Frank Schlichtmann. Frank runs a small café and hotel in Gunehar, a little village just off Bir (India’s most famous paragliding destination) in Himachal Pradesh and is a huge patron of the arts. Ease India Travel salutes and supports his efforts in trying to bring economic prosperity to the village as well as exposing city dwellers to life in the village. With ShopArt ArtShop and In the Woods, Frank has achieved the aim of giving Indian artists the opportunity to relate to and work on arts in a wholesome manner outside the confines of usual, urban-centric art spaces.