Bikesh Deshar

A friend of mine made phone call to me for a hike. Undeniably,  I said yes to his request. After a week of preparation, we went on a hike together on November 10, 2020. Although, we both had things to do and live far apart nowadays, we didn't make excuses in order to postpone our hike. However, we decided to make our hike possible. And it did. He was doing 10 day challenge about walking 10 km a day. Happily, we walked for more than 10 km on that day and our footsteps were uncountable. We started our hike at 7:00 am in the morning. We didn't want to call it as morning walk. It was more than that. As I said he lives far apart, he came on his motorbike to my house. Later, we kept on walking from my house to our destination. The destination wasn't mundane. It's one of the best quite places of Kathmandu valley from where you get a chance to see entire valley from the eastern side including highest Himalayan ranges of the world. It probably has best view you could ever imagin...

 It's not far away, it's not far at all The mountainsides we dreamt of-- A kind of invitation, so pure and divine. For fate was on our side Together we walk as one On the beckoning mountains Filled with lush full of green love. We feel the warmth of the foothills As we want to climb the lap of the beloved mother We free our head, so calm and quiet Under the sacred fig tree, shaded and dusky With all honesty, we take a deep breath, in and out. Far from home, we walk on the wild side With careful heart to ease our mind. Along the long and winding roads, We hear the birds singing On the mossy banks of a wandering stream, rippling even burbling. And see wildflowers appealing butterflies, lively and vibrant. As we dive into the forest, where colors came to life We come to comprehend mindfully that Time is all we have and the life is now. With fire in our bones, we sit on the top of an ancient mountain, From where the valley seems lost with the cloud of its own. We feel at home in th...

Some people walk on their own because they feel within themselves. After hiking every month for a year 2076 B.S. (2019-20 A.D.), twice in a month, sometimes thrice in a month, I did enwind my solo hike with "Pathivara Hike". With traveler at heart, I lived the moments in the wild exploring my solitude with endless possibilities. Sometimes hiking is not just about to aid the physique, however, it supercharges our grey matter too. With an unvarnished act of exploring, we can easily boost our brainpowers.  In all honesty, I recruit new skills on every hike, for instance, keeping a pace, building up a strength, map reading, managing time, building a range of motion and so on. After all as a photography enthusiast, I manage to have a great eye sight.  Now moving on with "Pathivara Hike", that I named it after 'Pathivara Temple' which is situated on the foothills of Dolchoki. It was one of my full blooded hikes because I had not walked li...

Despite the fear which I had on my mind, I came out from my comfort zone and took one of the longest road trips to the far western Nepal. Far western Nepal is yet one of the untouched, unexplored and and unspoiled regions of Nepal. I was one of the fortune travelers to make pure contact with it. It has oodles natural habitats such as national parks, river, lakes, protected areas where one could have best time of all.                       The traveling plan was made all of a sudden. On 31st December, 2019, I packed my backpacks with an essential things and left Kathmandu, the biggest city across Himalayas on a midnight tour bus. It was chilling cold night and I was wondering to myself that how would I spend rest of the time on a night bus for 20 hrs. After passing winding road of Naubise and perilous road of Muglin, I had a light dinner at Rampur with the rest of the passengers. After that, we headed for Chitwan. I was awake an...