June can be a tricky month to plan a vacation. Down in the plains, the pre-monsoon heat waves are turning up the humidity to unbearable levels, while the Southwest Monsoon is just beginning up from the southern coast. If you want to survive the summer without melting, you have some brilliant choices; escape to the high-altitude mountains or elevated hill stations of the south and east to watch the incoming monsoons bring the waterfalls and tea gardens to life.