Travelling takes you out of your comfort zone and into new places and situations. You make adjustments, meet people and gain a new perspective on life. Exploring a new place always excites me. The excitement comes from witnessing new landscape, architecture, cultures and experiencing something different. Back in college, I made a bold decision to…
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Adventures to Chitlang and Markhu
Located in a few hours hike from Kathmandu are the beautiful villages of Chitlang and Markhu in Makwanpur district. Filled with abundant homestays, Nepal’s first goat cheese factory, pear farming, beautiful landscape, Chitlang contrasts the capital Kathmandu yet is so nearby. Markhu has an amazing viewpoint of the closeby hills, temples, boating facility to Kulekhani…
Dear Kathmandu,
Dear Kathmandu, We first met in late January Bright sunny day, blue skies hovering the clean city Temples and shrines on each corner Like a living museum Growing up on the cusp of the Himalayas I always aimed higher than the sky You pushed me to fly and kept me down to earth Gave me…
Dear New York City,
Dear New York City, We met in early August Summer coming to an end Concrete buildings reaching the sky A teenager with dreams up high I got to know you better in high school Off to college but we kept in touch No matter how far I was Distance made the heart grow fonder I…
Royal Enfield ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara
Royal Enfield ride from Kathmandu to Pokhara
Blue colored Royal Enfield. 200 kms one way from Kathmandu to Pokhara. An adventure of a lifetime!!! On the eve of the Nepali New Year 2074, I travelled with my brother, Amul Hamal Thakuri from Kathmandu to Pokhara on his Royal Enfield. The 200 kms distance took us past rice fields, small mountains, rivers, villages,…
On the way to Sailung (Part 1)
It was still wee hours of Friday, March 10. Having woken up at 4:30am, I got ready quickly and was walking briskly towards the microbus and tempo station in Old Baneswore. I had to reach the bus station before 6am to meet my other friends. We were all very excited for this trip to Sailung…