This post is a collection of wildlife photos taken on a week-long trip to the Indian Himalayas. Since part of the fauna's charm in the region comes from its domesticated inhabitants, I've chosen to go with a rather lenient definition of 'wildlife'. Let's start with the free and untamed of the … [Read more...]
An In-Depth Travel Guide to Ladakh
I recently published 'When Your Lowest Point in Life is Still 3,048m Above Sea Level' (the runner-up title being 'Ladakh Warms Your Heart and Freezes Your Feces'), a trip narrative about a journey to India's Himalayas. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend you take a look at that before reading … [Read more...]
The Street Ratchada
I keep joking that I now live in 'The Street' - a recently built mall near the Thailand Cultural Center subway station in the Din Daeng district of Bangkok. While living might not be the right term, it's definitely one of my favorite working locations. I do have an office, but mostly I work from … [Read more...]
When Your Lowest Point in Life is Still 3,048m Above Sea Level
Long before reaching our final destination, the Himalayas start to blanket the horizon. It's a bird's eye view of what will become the backdrop of our lives for the week to come. Smoothly, our plane glides between the peaks and aligns itself with the lone runway of Leh, nested in the valley below. … [Read more...]
Soundtrack of a Drive Through Ladakh’s Mountain Passes
The YouTube video below was my favorite track while traveling through the mountains of Ladakh. Sure, it's a very enchanting melody. But it also had a very practical benefit: It's really hard for Buddhist drivers to speed down a mountain with that kind of a soundtrack. Unfortunately we didn't have … [Read more...]
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