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Exodus

ITY LIFE HAS GOTTEN TOUGH: CORONA, lockdowns, stuck at home or stuck in traffic.

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all, and there’s nothing quite like a luxurious escape into the unknown. So, when Mercedes-Benz offered us their GLA for a 10-day adventure in the mountains, I packed my bags and caught a flight to Delhi post-haste. A spotless white GLA was waiting for us outside the airport terminal as we arrived and, without wasting time, the camera crew and myself jumped in, pointed the car due north and began our escape towards the Himalayas.

Our journey began with a 550-kilometre dash into the mountain state of Himachal Pradesh and the day was spent getting to know the car better — first

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