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For Akriti, writing found her long before her love for travel did; she blames her acute motion sickness for the delayed onset of the latter. But when the two interests did meet, it resulted in many memorable (and sometimes revolting) travel stories. As a traveler, she enjoys challenging treks as much as lazy walks on the beach. She hates road trips unless it is on the back of a truck or a motorbike. She loves good food; even more so when paired with a local drink.
Readers will find her writing to be much like her hometown of Kathmandu—rich, soulful and quirky.
How did you get into travel
I started writing about travels after I did a piece about a hotel stay for a magazine. Since then I have written about every place I have visited and every wild, crazy adventure I’ve had. Some have made it to magazines and others are on my personal blog.
But it was when I joined Bookmundi that I realized I didn’t have to have been to places to write about them. The traveler that I am, I research and read about destinations, and have learned to write about them to inspire others to book their next vacation. Of course I also plan my own travels while I do so.
Akriti's unique travel experience
There are many, but two definitely stand out.
First on the list remains taking an early morning dip in the Baltic Sea in Hundested. I did it alongside my elderly homestay owner and her friends, and capped it with a shot of their homemade liqueur. It was an authentic and local experience that one doesn’t come across often.
Second was my recent trek to Annapurna Base Camp, and not for the right reasons. I suffered from altitude sickness at the base camp, trekked back while it poured because the monsoon apparently didn’t want to end that year, and walked for 10 hours on the last day. The icing on the cake however was the drive back to Pokhara where our driver went full throttle on hairpin, mountain roads during foggy, zero-visibility conditions—it was adventure in the truest sense of the word. I seriously thought I’d never live to tell the tale, but here I am.