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What can you say about a place where the local deity is a wandering spirit who wears outsized sandals? And a region so wild that the milestones are painted yellow and green for fear of marauding elephants? For some obscure reason, wild elephants in these parts get so peeved by white milestones that they pull them out and fling them around. The Forest Department recently pulled one of these specimens out of a tree. Welcome To BR HILLS.

Dress & Attire As in any society, how you dress affects your experiences. Your fashion choices make a statement about your intentions and these statements are subject to cultural in-terpretation. Though a small segment of urban India has been exposed to and often accepted new fashion directions, most Indians hold a more conservative view.

Manali –Leh (Himalayas) Best time is August This road is not child’s play, but it will take you past some aftermost spectacular scenery in India. Because it’s a strategic road, it’s tended round the clock, but there are always sections that are broken, crisscrossed by glacial streams or blocked by landslides. This makes an SUV the only sensible option. Also remember that the last fuel pump before Leh is at Tandi- some 370 km away. Carry extra fuel in cans. Hairpin bends and very narrow sections are all part of the fun and should you go off the road, it’s a very long and uninterrupted way down.

Disbelief registers quickly on most people’s faces when I tell them that India has an active volcano. Well, the truth is that India does have volcanoes. And, historically, the most active volcano along the volcanic arc extending between Sumatra and Burma is India’s very own Barren Island. With reported eruptions dating back to 1787, we have known the volcano’s existence for centuries. However, inaccessibility and limited, poorly publicized research has long rendered the island an enigma unto itself.

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• India occupies only 2.4 percent of the Earth’s landmass but has over eight percent of the world’s known wildlife. • www.22geetravels.com • The Easter Himalayas are endemic to 3500 species of higher plants, 20 species of reptiles, 25 endemic species of amphibians’ and a rich fauna of insects. • Of the eight species of turtles found in the world, India is home to five species. • Among the 20000 species of fishes known, more than 2000 species are found in India. • Of the 15000 flowering plant species in India, over 4500 are to be

When in Athens, do as millions of other tourists do: begin your tour at the Acropolis. In fact, go one better than thousands of them by being there by 8am: you’ll beat the coach loads of cruise-ship tourists who begin arriving by 10 and swarm up the ‘hill’ like culturally dedicated ants. (Open Tues-Sun 8am -6.30pm; Mon opens 11am. Entry?). Valid 48 hours.) www.22geetravels.com

As in any society, how you dress affects your experiences. Your fashion choices make a statement about your intentions and these statements are subject to cultural in-terpretation. Though a small segment of urban India has been exposed to and often accepted new fashion directions, most Indians hold a more conservative view.

Rann of Kutch (Gujarat, India) The desert is not always a waste. Head for the 18,000 sq km area in the north of Gujarat to find out how much of a waste it isn’t. The Great Rann was originally an extension of the Arabian Sea, closed off by centuries of silting. www.aonetrip.com In Alexander the Great’s time it was a navigable lake, but it is now an extensive mudflat, inundated during the monsoon. No visitor to the Great Rann has yet been disappointed; it’s a stark and strange terrain you won’t ever forget.

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Do you think you want to be a Jeep tour guide? Many think it sounds like fun, and it is, for a while. But, for most, the romance wears off quickly. The average career lifespan of Jeep tour guide in Sedona is less than two years, but there are those who have been guiding for five, ten, even twenty years