Two days in Ooty alone — forest permits refused, a sunset from a college terrace, and breakfast for Rs. 50.

205 km alone on a bicycle from Delhi to Keoladeo National Park — 12 hours, 10 of them pedalling, the last 50 genuinely gruelling.

A thirteen-day trek through one of Himachal Pradesh’s most remote and beautiful valleys — from Barsheni to Mantalai Lake at 4,100 metres.