VACATIONING IN INDIA -A staycation

STAYCATION OPTION

Reshmi R Dasgupta


GIVEN the current scares just as the tourism season is hotting up from attacks on Indians in Australia to the threat of swine flu in North America there is even more reason for a staycation .

And we are lucky that India has such a diversity of destinations to offer, from cool climes to sultry sands. Its just that we dont know how much our own country has to offer.

Think about it: theres nothing we lack:

horseshoe falls a la Niagara in Chhattisgarh,

a crater like Tanzanias Ngorongoro near Aurangabad,

coral reefs in Lakshadweep,

Francophone charm in Pondicherry,

prehistoric paintings in Bhimbetka,

frescoes surpassing the Sistine Chapel in Ajanta,

snowcaps higher than Switzerland in Himachal,

orchid-studded rainforests in Arunachal,

cherry blossoms like Tokyos in Sikkim... the list is endless.

As ET Travel finds out through its writers year after year, there is no better place in the world to discover than India Nows the time to see it for yourself!