Outlook Traveller Must Reads

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?

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.

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.