National_Geographic_Traveller_India-May_2018

86 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION JUERGEN RITTERBACH/THE IMAGE BANK/GETTY IMAGES (MARKET), MATTH ...

MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 87 BOLIVIA I was staying in one of the local houses at the base of the dormant Tu ...

XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXXX) 88 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION THRILLS LORD OF THE DRIVE ON TREACHER ...

MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 89 NEW ZEALAND The heart never stops thumping during a skydive in Queenstown, fre ...

90 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION QUEENSTOWN FRIGHT AND FLIGHT It hasn’t been an hour since I le ...

XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXXX) MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 91 NEW ZEALAND One of us in this 4WD thinks they are abo ...

92 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION PAPARWIN TANUPATARACHAI/MOMENT/GETTY IMAGES (CITY), PHOTO COUR ...

MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 93 NEW ZEALAND MILFORD SOUND FLY OVER A FJORD The cruise ship has just slid into ...

94 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION WANAKA Clink clink clink. I snap the two carabiners on my harn ...

XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXXX) MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 95 NEW ZEALAND By my second day in Wanaka, Queenstown’s ...

TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY NEELIMA VALLANGI Lessons in belief and beauty on an arduous Himalayan trek across Auden’s Col in Uttar ...

The climb towards Mayali Pass, a 16,400-high crossing connecting Bhilangana and Mandakini valleys, is a vision in white. It is t ...

THE DESTINATION An aura of despair hung inside the quivering tent where six of us were huddled late in the afternoon. A snowstor ...

MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 99 UTTARAKHAND The triangular peak of Thalay Sagar looms over Kedartal. Pristine ...

100 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE FOLLOWING MORNING, LOKESH FLASHED A B ...

MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 101 UTTARAKHAND The team descends from Auden’s Col onto Khatling glacier after fi ...

102 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION On the last climb before the end of the expedition, the trekk ...

UTTARAKHAND It was also on that day that the six of us truly came together as a team. Over countless rounds of poker games and d ...

XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXXX) 104 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA | MAY 2018 THE DESTINATION TO FREEDOM TEXT BY RANJAN PAL PHOTOG ...

XXXXXXXXXXXX (XXXXXXXXX) MAY 2018 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER INDIA 105 SOUTH AFRICA Adventure is not for the faint- hearted ...