Before you fly
Travel guide
Weather month by month, what things cost, what to eat, what to carry. Written for travellers flying out of Gujarat.
India
- KeralaBackwater dawns, tea hills, breakfast by the seaOct – Feb2.5 hrs
- RajasthanFort cities, desert light, palace eveningsOct – Mar1.5 hrs
- KashmirChinar shade, shikara mornings, Gulmarg under snowApr – Oct3.5 hrs
- Himachal PradeshDeodar valleys, apple roads, snow at the passMar – Jun, Sep – Nov2.5 hrs
- GoaPortuguese lanes, sandbar sunsets, no fixed planNov – Mar1.5 hrs
- Andaman IslandsWhite sand, glass water, and a ferry timetableDec – Apr5.5 hrs
- MeghalayaLiving root bridges, waterfall canyons, monsoon countryOct – Apr3.5 hrs
- LadakhHigh desert, cold light, monasteries above the riverMay – Oct3.5 hrs
- BhutanThe Himalayan kingdom that measures happiness, two hours from IndiaMar – May, Sep – Nov5 hrs
- GujaratA white desert, the last lions, and two of the four dhamsOct – Mar1.5 hrs
- UttarakhandThe gods’ own mountains — lakes, tigers and the young GangaMar – Jun, Sep – Nov2 hrs
- Sikkim & DarjeelingKanchenjunga at dawn, monasteries by noon, momos by nightMar – May, Oct – Dec3 hrs
- OdishaA twelfth-century sun chariot, a living god, and a lake full of dolphinsOct – Feb2.5 hrs
- Golden TriangleThree cities, three empires, one unhurried loopOct – Mar1.5 hrs
Southeast Asia
- ThailandTemple bells at dawn, night market by tenNov – Mar4.5 hrs
- Singapore & MalaysiaTwo countries, one causeway, four cuisines, zero frictionFeb – Jul5.5 hrs
- BaliRice terraces, volcano sand, a temple at every gateMay – Oct9 hrs
- VietnamLimestone bays, lantern-lit lanes, coffee that means businessNov – Apr5.5 hrs
