Outlook Traveller Must Reads

A round up of some of our latest stories

Outlook Traveller Must Reads
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It’s been a great few days of new travel stories. Here are some of the ones that you must read!

1. Here’s a travelogue on a small tea estate at Tarku in Sikkim that made for a quiet, enchanting and completely un-planned holiday.

2. The world-renowned Hemis Festival in Ladakh was especially impressive this year, complete with a rare, old and gigantic thangka of Guru Padmasambhava. Check out our photo-essay on this colourful summer festival.

3. Sadly, Indians are sometimes the world’s worst tourists. In this blog, a peace-seeking traveller wonders when did we lose our manners?

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4. In a similar vein, expensive camera toting amateur ‘photographers’ thronging our national parks are quickly turning into a menace for tourists and animals alike.

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5. On a lighter note, Oktoberfest is around the corner and it’s time to plan your trip to Munich. We give you the lowdown.

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