A nine month, solo adventure exploring Nepal, India, Southeast Asia and the world within.

The locals are always curious towards me because though I carry the resemblance of an Indian, they are not sure where I’ve come from…

I took the Mars bar out of my armpit, where it had remained all night, and anxiously peeled back the wrapping. Still frozen…

I snapped a very large, waxy leaf off a branch and decided it would make do as a palette…

We trudged along the ashy floors of the Mt.Bromo caldera, scoffing at the others who mounted guided horses to get to the crater a short distance away…

I knew I was trapped when, after eyeing me the whole evening, he finally came over and sat down at my table…

I imagined I would only stay a few days. In fact, I scribbled “2-3 days” next to Don Det Islands on my list of places to visit…

By the time we had finished dinner, the sun had set and darkness had encroached around us…

It must have been about 5am when the monks started their chanting…

My visits to the teashops in Myanmar always left me with the same impression…

This definitely makes the list of head-smacking, “WTF am I doing?!” moments I had on this trip…

We followed a crowd of pilgrims through a maze of corridors…

I saw it being read in more languages than I can remember and on various occasions I had travellers recommend it to me with high appraisal…

I try to make it a general rule to avoid all tourist traps…

It is an art form of the truest expression, wholly necessary to the functioning of the society…

Raj was overflowing with excitement - he was about to pop my Nepalese BBQ cherry…

To realize the dream of seeing Angkor Wat by myself would have been an incredibly fulfilling experience…

When a monk tells you to go somewhere or do something - you just do it…

Scuba diving has always been on my bucket list even though I never truly had any overzealous expectations of it…

I had a vested interest in The Gibbon Experience even before I got to Laos…

My mind was made up - I was going to Kong Lo cave…