National Geographic Traveller India Magazine - May 2020

In this issue

In a world-filled with lockdown restrictions, NGTI looks to the future in the May issue. We look at life in South Korea after the lockdown has eased, and have planned 59 trips the Indian traveller can take in a post-pandemic world, including 29 motorbike trails spanning the length and breadth of India, 19 hotels for a soothing staycation ranging from Jaipur to Chennai, and 11 healing holidays to hidden haunts in Sikkim, Odisha, Maharashtra, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and more. To ease the blues for those stuck at home, we have interesting global toast recipes, a brewing romance in Cuba, poetic journeys in Azerbaijan, and an interview with author Rajat Ubhaykar, who hitchhiked across India in trucks.

After The Coronavirus, A New Normal In South Korea

As India and much of the world remain locked down, Busan in South Korea is cautiously returning outdoors. An immigrant photographer captures the city post-Covid-19

2 mins

Travel by Toast

IN THESE RESTRICTIVE TIMES, HERE’S A LIST OF CLASSIC BREAD-BASED PREPARATIONS THAT ARE A PORTAL TO THEIR CULINARY HOMELANDS

6 mins

A Poetic Portrait of Baku

Azerbaijan’s Nasimi Festival brings out the beauty of the Eurasian capital as scholars and poetry lovers across the globe descend upon this artistic epicentre

10+ mins

Once Upon A Time In New Mexico

The soaring canyons and sagebrush plains of northern New Mexico have attracted artists, spiritual seekers and free thinkers for over a century. A road trip through the high desert—encountering a hippy commune, artists’ studios, futuristic eco-homes and a Benedictine monastery—uncovers the weird, wild and wonderful soul of the American Southwest

10+ mins

Unsung South Africa

Venture past Cape Town, the Wine Route, and Kruger’s famed Big Five, and you’ll find a vast country little-visited. Discover pioneering rewilding projects bringing new life to the interior and innovative entrepreneurs transforming the townships—this is the South Africa you don’t know, but one that’s slowly beginning to reveal itself

10+ mins

TRUCKIN' TO HIS OWN TUNE

From savouring Kashmir’s scenery and goshtaba to meeting gun-wielding Naga women, author Rajat Ubhaykar hitchhiked on India’s kingly trucks and wrote a book about it

7 mins

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National Geographic Traveller India Magazine Description:

National Geographic Traveller India is the Indian edition of National Geographic Traveler (USA) the travel magazine of the National Geographic Society. At National Geographic Traveller India we bring together travel and culture, travel and experience, travel and story-telling. Our intention is to inspire more travel to more places, in our vast country and across the world, for the whole family. National Geographic Traveller India tries to bring variety to the experience of travel, inspiring all kinds of journeys from sedentary to super-active ones. Additionally, we are committed to spreading awareness about sustainable travel, and to ensuring that travel destinations endure for future generations.