Fleeing from Delhi's killer smog Meraj and Johan make a clean break for the hills of Kumaon in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Here, Meraj sets up a workstation on the riverside while Johan climbs a rock to meditate in the middle of a gushing stream. Later the two head up to Gaggar, high up in the hills where they trace a rich literary history that includes Rabindranath Tagore and Mahadevi Varma.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 15 -  Weekend Escape to Kumaon

Confined to Delhi for a month, Meraj and Johan, try the office life for size and make the most of their weekend by heading for a staycation to Karma Lakelands on the outskirts of the city. The resort township's allure for Meraj, whose notions of a weekend getaway consist of nothing but golf, is precisely that. Along with a smattering of other sports that the duo have a go at. Johan even manages to milk a cow, steal a few eggs, and check out the life of bees.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 13 - Staycations and Good Karma

In the Shekhawati region of western Rajasthan, Meraj and Johan turn back time at the heritage homestead of the erstwhile ruling family of Dundlod. Johan takes turns getting astride a Marwari steed and inside an off-road vehicle. The duo pick up the crucial skills of making bangles, and even visit a haunted house.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 14 - Dune Bashing in Shekhawati

Once a bustling trading junction on the Silk Route, the ancient city of Kagbeni marks the end of lower Mustang Valley. In this atmospheric old town, Meraj and Johan find million-year-old fossils, and soak in magnificent views of the Annapurna and Nilgiri mountain ranges of the Himalayas.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 8: Kagbeni, a gateway to Upper Mustang

Drawn to western Rajasthan's biggest city by a love for all things retro, Meraj and Johan take a ride down memory lane in a classic automobile, volunteer for death by dessert in the city's famous sweet shops, and unearth the remarkable story of a war medal that found its way back to the descendants of the soldier it was awarded to more than a century back.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 11—Return to Arms in Jodhpur

In a rocky landscape that appears straight out of a sci-fi film, dark clouds looming over the horizon, and wild leopards staking a claim to their territory, Meraj and Johan tiptoe around Rajasthan's secret animal sanctuary where the big cats still roam free.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 12—The Leopards of Jawai

Meraj and Johan embark on a bucket list ride to Mustang Valley in Nepal. Their destination is the city of Lo Manthang—one of the remotest parts of the world that lies sandwiched between the upper Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 7—Epic Ride to Mustang Valley

In Lo Manthang, Johan and Meraj explore the spectacular Sky Caves of Mustang—ancient dwellings carved into high cliffs that have intrigued anthropologists and explorers for decades. From there they ride down to Jomsom, the most 'modern' city in Mustang, and through the famous Apple orchards of Marpha.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 10—The Mysterious Sky Caves of Mustang

Watch Meraj and Johan travel to Garli, a small fairy tale village in Himachal Pradesh with a not a happily-ever-after ending. Hearteningly though, they find, that after decades of lying abandoned, this gorgeous hamlet is coming back to life. In Andretta, India’s most famous pottery village, Johan tries his hand at centering the clay, a difficult proposition indeed. Meraj on the other hand, lounges about in the pool, the hammock, and even find a role model, in a place called, would you believe it, The Mirage. Before returning to Delhi they explore the less visited corner of Himachal Pradesh, and drive along a river bed all the way up to the endless Maharana Pratap Sagar, a dam so large it stretches the imagination...

WION Traveller S3 Episode 5 - Garli, Andretta and HP's never ending reservoir

This week our duo are heading toward Bir and Billing—the finest paragliding destination in India. Things, as they say, can only get better from here. While Johan scoots off to Billing for another flight, Meraj keeps his feet on the ground and gets a paragliding lesson from a true legend in the paragliding community, Gurpreet Dhindsa. After a day out in the heat, it is time for our adventurers to visit Shunya Farm, an organic farm located in Bir, where a group of people have gathered for a workshop on organic farming, led by an eclectic couple who have been running the farm for a few years now. With new found insights into the world of farming, our explorers dress up in their Sunday best, and visit a tea factory. At Palampur’s Wah Tea Estate our duo get a table full of different brews, from green tea, to tea infusions, there's nothing quite like high tea to end your day...

WION Traveller S3 Episode 4 - Bir and Billing

To celebrate the end of their year on the road, Meraj and Johan seek out the biggest party they can find: the Thai New year celebrations in Bangkok. On Songkran, they join crowds of revellers on SIlom street and live it up like never before. Later in the week they head to Pattaya where Meraj plays a couple of rounds of golf at the city's newest championship layout while Johan bangs a gong at a timeless monument called, fittingly, The Sanctuary of Truth.

WION Traveller S3 Episode 1 - Thai new year

WION Traveller returns for its third season in the summer of 2019. Meraj and Johan, after spending a year on the road, have broadened their horizons and started making sorties beyond India's borders.