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Kerala is rained on twice a year and only the first monsoon is famous
The southwest monsoon arrives from the sea in June and the retreating monsoon comes back over land in…
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Traveology — India, one region at a time
States
Rajasthan’s travelling year turns on night temperature, not on the daytime heat
A dry climate under clear skies loses at night everything it gained at noon, and that swing decides what is comfortable, what is bookable and what is not worth attempting.
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States
In the Northeast the road decides your day, not the distance
Hill gradients, shared vehicles and a time zone that does not fit the longitude matter far more here than…
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States
Gujarat is three separate landscapes and they do not share a calendar
A salt flat that floods, a coastline that does not, and a hot interior between them mean the state has no…
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States
Karnataka changes climate three times between the sea and the plateau
A wet coast, a drenched hill belt and a dry interior sit within a few hours of each other, and the…
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Altitude is a rate problem long before it is a height problem
The Himalaya has a wet flank and a dry one, and the monsoon picks between…
A Himalayan pass opens when the snow is cleared, not when spring arrives
On a hill road, kilometres are a poor unit and hours are the honest one
Mountain weather runs on a daily clock and the morning half is the good one
India’s two coasts get their rain months apart, and that decides where to…
Reaching an Indian island is a capacity problem before it is a permit…
Goa’s beaches are rebuilt every year and the shacks tell you which season…
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States
Rajasthan’s travelling year turns on night temperature, not on the daytime heat
A dry climate under clear skies loses at night everything it gained at noon, and that swing decides what is…
· 4 min read
States
Kerala is rained on twice a year and only the first monsoon is famous
The southwest monsoon arrives from the sea in June and the retreating monsoon comes back over land in…
· 4 min read
States
In the Northeast the road decides your day, not the distance
Hill gradients, shared vehicles and a time zone that does not fit the longitude matter far more here than…
· 4 min read
Hills
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Hills
Altitude is a rate problem long before it is a height problem
The body adjusts to thin air over days rather than hours, which is why how fast you got there matters more…
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Hills
The Himalaya has a wet flank and a dry one, and the monsoon picks between them
The great range takes moisture out of the air as it crosses, which is why some Indian mountain valleys are…
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Hills
A Himalayan pass opens when the snow is cleared, not when spring arrives
Season dates on a high road are set by machinery, avalanche risk and the depth of the drifts, which is why…
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Coast & Islands
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Coast & Islands
India’s two coasts get their rain months apart, and that decides where to be when
One monsoon arriving from the southwest and a second one retreating across the Bay give the west and the…
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Coast & Islands
Reaching an Indian island is a capacity problem before it is a permit problem
The Andamans and Lakshadweep are governed differently, sit in different seas and share one constraint…
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Coast & Islands
Goa’s beaches are rebuilt every year and the shacks tell you which season it is
Temporary structures come down before the monsoon because the sea takes the sand away and brings it back…
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