A Light Stroll That Turned Into a 5-Hour Mountain Hike: From Pokhara to Sarangkot (Nepal)
Around 2:30, after pondering where to go for a walk, I decided to explore an area over Sedi (a neighborhood where I have been staying since the end of March…
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Lakeside, The Tourist Heart of Pokhara, Nepal
I couldn't get any idea from online sources what Pokhara was... I thought it would be a dusty concrete chaos... with many people wearing tribal garments, like, folks…
A Walk Along the Rural Roads of Sedi - Pokhara City, Nepal
This is where I am staying, a view from my guesthouse. Quite decent (especially considering I pay only 3.3 USD for my room):…
Sedi, Pokhara, My Home in Nepal
Pokhara is a city that appeals to many. Its touristy part called Lakeside resembles a Thai town from the point of infrastructure and cleanliness; there are many bars and…
Exploring Old Pokhara, A City in the Foothills of the Himalayas
It is hard to get a real sense of what Pokhara is like until you actually go there yourself. It's probably because almost all tourists stay in the touristy part of Pokhara…
Flashback to October 2025 🇮🇳 A Walk Through Bikaner, Rajasthan
I thought of writing a post about why India is hard when you stay long there but then I realized it's better to stop - too easy to slip into a dark cloud after an overdose…
Street Photography in Varanasi 🇮🇳 People and Urban Animals
Canceled the flight to Tbilisi, Georgia, going to Pokhara, Nepal, don't ask me why - too psychological, too complicated. 😖 In the meantime, it's quite hot in Uttar Pradesh…
Remembering Kolkata: The City I Didn’t Get Enough Of in 2026. Street Scenes and Cats
The irony is that I had wanted to revisit Kolkata the most, yet it's the only city I left too soon in 2026. Why? I prioritized friendship. During my life in Asia from…
Meandering in the Lanes of Varanasi with a 24mm 🇮🇳 Today’s Street Photo Stroll for #WednesdayWalk
The last 10 days were dark. Got ill again, four days of fever, with a heavy cough, the heaviest since the first COVID. Everything turned annoying beyond the edge during this…
Spiritual Life at the Ganga River 🇮🇳 Hindu Ascetics in Varanasi
Varanasi is an ancient city by the Ganga River, with the riverside designed as stairs descending from the lanes to the water, known as the ghats. The ghats serve not just…