Two weeks volunteering at the Agumbe Rainforest Research Station in Karnataka — King Cobras, leeches, camera traps, and the strange quiet of a forest at night.

Days 1 and 2 of a bicycle trip from Shimla to Keylong — a forgotten quick-release, a flat tyre in the first kilometre, and the first brutal climb that made everything feel impossible.

A night camping in a stranger’s field on the Manali-Kaza route, with no money, a cold wind from Rohtang Pass, and more kindness than we deserved.