One Picture From My Photo Album – Rowing to realisation

A picture of yours truly. The place is Phewa Lake in Pokhra, Nepal. And I was heading to the island temple of Barahi. What made me pick this picture...

A picture of yours truly. The place is Phewa Lake in Pokhra, Nepal. And I was heading to the island temple of Barahi. What made me pick this picture from the travel albums? This was the trip that rowed me towards accepting the fact that I was bitten by the travel bug.


It was my first trip out of the country. It was my first trip without friends and family. I was on a familiarization trip organised by NTB* for the Bangalore Media. I was travelling with four other journalists who went from being complete strangers to people I shared my Nepal-experience with.


Our getting-to-know of what was then the Himalayan Kingdom started at Kathmandu. We also visited Nagarkot, Pokhra and Jomsom. Each of these stations in our itinerary showed us different sides of Nepal. Kathmandu showed us the country’s cultural best: temples and historical sites. Nagarkot gave us a taste of Nepal’s hill stations while Pokhra let us take it easy and play tourists. And Jomsom transported us to a place like no other. I’ll need a whole post to tell that story.


The images from that trip are still fresh. Have you heard the quote that goes: Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends but it is played out over and over again in the quietest chamber. The mind can never break off from the journey**?


I guess that was what I meant when I concluded my travelogue saying: even after take off from Tribhuvan Airport in Kathmandu, my tryst with the Himalayan Country did not come to an end. My mind still makes quick trips to Jomsom, Pokhara and Nagarkot, to the gusty road-to-Marpha, to the boating on serene Phewa Lake and to a string of other memories I carried with me from the beautiful Himalayan nation.

*Nepal Tourism Board

**(quote) by Pat Conroy
Read the travelogue: A tryst with Nepal; a journey forever

This post is my entry for the ‘One Picture From My Photo Album Contest conducted by My Yatra Diary and CupoNation. The idea was to pick out a picture from the non-digital age and write about it. 

Now I pass the baton on to:
Anu of My Footprints Around the World
Kusum of Scrapbook – A Travel Blog
Anil of Etch A Sketch

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Dee (Divya) Blogger, Freelance Content Writer & Content Strategist. πŸ“Έ Loves tripping.πŸ›£ Tipsy from every TRIP!😬🫣 🏞Follow > for intoxicating virtual trips!πŸ₯‚πŸ˜‰
34 Comments on this post.
  • madhu bhardwaj
    9 May 2013 at 6:50 pm
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    Very nice post. Reminds me of when i traveled to Pokhra from Kathmandu.Best of luck! πŸ™‚

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:19 pm
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      Thank you Madhu. I read your post for One-picture-from-my-photo and simply loved it. All the best to you too. πŸ™‚

  • Kusum Sanu
    9 May 2013 at 7:14 pm
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    Lovely! And good luck with the contest! I read the other travelogue too and it is really a good read. Thanks for nominating me but, right now I may have to pass it πŸ™

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:21 pm
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      No issues Kusum. πŸ™‚
      Thank you so much. Nice to know you read the travelogue too. I'm not surprised. You really are passionate about travel.

      You have a great weekend. πŸ™‚

  • Panchali
    9 May 2013 at 7:53 pm
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    wow…what a journey! Beautifully penned…as always!! All the best, Divya :))

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:22 pm
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      Long time Panchali di. Thank you so much. It was a trip of a lifetime. πŸ™‚

  • Desi Traveler
    10 May 2013 at 6:25 am
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    Nicely worded and took me to Nepal, when I use to go there every month. I use to be the only guy in Suite and tie, when the plane was full of trekkers. ( I use to go for our official trip to our office there ;).

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:24 pm
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      Haha! I can imagine that, Prasad. It's still so cool that you got to do business travel to Nepal. What a gorgeous place, right?

      Thank you. πŸ™‚

  • aliasgarmukhtiar mukhtiar
    10 May 2013 at 8:29 am
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    nice post

  • P.N. Subramanian
    10 May 2013 at 9:50 am
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    Beautiful travelogue.

  • Ramakant Pradhan
    11 May 2013 at 12:04 pm
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    I have a few friends from Nepal. Hope they invite me sometime for a visit. It sure sounds like a lovely place.

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:25 pm
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      Hey Ramakant,
      If you get a chance, don't think twice. Just go. I'm certain you'll love the trip. I wish your friends will invite you soon. πŸ˜‰

  • Arti
    11 May 2013 at 3:00 pm
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    Lovely nostalgic picture, Divya and that quote is so apt, the mind never breaks off from the journey even though we leave the place. Travel is one experience that, rather than fading away, becomes sweeter and sweeter to be savored and cherished with each passing day. All the best πŸ™‚

    • dNambiar
      11 May 2013 at 11:31 pm
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      That's a quote we travel bloggers can relate to, right? I swear — Pat Conroy spoke for all of us when he came up with that quote.

      Thank you so much Arti for the making me dig out those old picture and re-live that trip. That was an experience by itself. Btw, you also made me want to do another post on a part of that trip. Thank you so much, once again. You have a fab weekend. πŸ™‚

  • umashankar
    12 May 2013 at 3:23 am
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    I can understand how close to heart the memories of this trip must be. It was an initiation of sorts, first spreading of your wings and that ecstatic dart in the sky. You have surely never looked back since. Thank you for sharing.

    • dNambiar
      13 May 2013 at 11:49 pm
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      You're so right, USP. I've always been interested in travelling. But this really was a prominent milestone.
      Thank YOU. πŸ™‚

  • Carver
    12 May 2013 at 1:19 pm
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    Great shot of you rowing.

    • dNambiar
      13 May 2013 at 11:51 pm
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      πŸ™‚
      It's from the non-digital days; 'before I had my own digicam,' would be the right way to put it.

  • Saru Singhal
    12 May 2013 at 7:02 pm
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    WOW, you went with journos at such a tender age. Amazing, no wonder it sowed the seeds of travelogue in your mind. Good luck Dee πŸ™‚

    • dNambiar
      14 May 2013 at 12:12 am
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      I was one of them. :)Even before that I'd done quite a bit of travel but this time told me how serious I was about it. πŸ™‚
      Thanks Saru.

  • R Niranjan Das
    13 May 2013 at 2:26 pm
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    • dNambiar
      14 May 2013 at 12:14 am
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      You know only too well, Niranjan. πŸ™‚

  • magiceye
    14 May 2013 at 3:57 am
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    Great way to begin your travel saga!

    Best wishes for the contest

    • dNambiar
      18 May 2013 at 8:24 pm
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      It was new beginning. πŸ™‚
      Thank you Deepak.

  • Stewart M
    14 May 2013 at 8:08 am
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    Ah, the travel bug – once bitten there is no know cure!

    Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne

    • dNambiar
      18 May 2013 at 8:24 pm
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      You're so right. πŸ™‚
      Nice to see you here. πŸ™‚

  • Rupertt Wind
    19 May 2013 at 3:01 pm
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    Hi D its awesome to read about one of your early voyages. I suppose these where the days the D I know was born. That is me going on a hunch. he he

    • dNambiar
      23 May 2013 at 10:34 pm
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      πŸ˜€
      It made want to be more serious about travel. You know what I mean. πŸ™‚

  • Rahul Bhatia
    20 May 2013 at 10:47 am
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    That was such a refreshing travelogue and your picture was just beautiful in the serene setting of Phewa Lake πŸ™‚

    • dNambiar
      23 May 2013 at 10:35 pm
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      Thank you Mr. Bhatia for your continuing support. πŸ™‚

  • Malini
    7 June 2013 at 3:37 am
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    Beautiful DN! Hmm, Nepal has been on the cards for quite sometime, fingers crossed!

    • dNambiar
      11 February 2015 at 12:53 pm
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      Maliny, five words:

      Just go. You won't regret it. πŸ™‚

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