Long time update

After China,Malaysia,Indonesia and Singapore ,I just reached New Zealand.

Lots of new people all along the way ...motorcycle,snorkeling,mountains,alcohol,food life's adventure continues endlessly so do the wandering.

Photos from past

Tried to add a bunch of photos but blogger is still blocked where I am and couldnt be successful.
I am still around though wandering more slowly than before.

In India

Reached India..........

Still randomness unbound
The reality is am here at this moment.........

in Mongolia!!!!!!!

Wild land,tons of stars,endless landscape,horses,deserts,grasslands,gers --the land of the wild warriors and nomads with extreme climate and beautiful nature to live with

no camera for photos only my eyes ........

Strange

No camera to post photos anymore,
cant remember words later whenever I think of writing and by the time i get near a computer,it all fades away

Experiences popping one on top of the other completely random and without a care for synchronization.

The amazement and excitement of new cultures and people and the world in general is still stronger.

It has been years now and years of change outside and inside.

Aimless wandering is a beautiful thing and its not worth putting an aim to aimless wandering.

Meeting a bunch of simple people living in a village speaking random languages and evolving in random cultures,staying and drinking with them eating with them laughing with them to break barriers of stereotyped ways connections always makes me happy.

But then again got to leave them all and move on.
Such is life.It is incredible,unbelievable,astonishing,fascinating,invigorating,empathizing, missing something,promising something when you walk beyond where you think you belong or you think you should belong.

Tet in Hanoi is Tet in Hanoi.

Vietnam

In Vietnam on a small bycle and a tent and a sleeping back with just a small carrybag with clothes and tooth brush

Feel so alive :-))
on the road

In Vietnam

In Vietnam on a small bycle and a tent and a sleeping back with just a small carrybag with clothes and tooth brush

Feel so alive :-))
on the road

Lost in Translation

Going in cirlces after a whirlwind swept me :-).Was in Hongkong,Macau,Beijing,Guangzhou,Bhutan,Thailand ,Nepal,India.

And now near guangzhou-South China in a tiny some parts beautiful some parts not so kind of village.

Have a scooter to go around ,some industrial deadends,beautiful old style village houses hidden behind huge structures covered with bathroom tiles,a nice night market with hotpot and most people who still receognise me when I walk..

A little bit of randomness once in a while ......missing some chaos and hitchiking and sleeping on the roadside..Need to start the aimless wander sooner than later.

In Thailand now

Crazy movement across timezones ,cultures,people,food

In Bhutan Now

Crazy windy mountains inside fogs,beautiful friendly people around.........heaven on earth with a lot of checkposts

In Nepal

Riding across Nepal from West to East on a Motorcycle ...........................

Times Up

Time to write about the vast array of experiences in the last one year, make a documentary with all the photos and videos captured from my motorcycle expedition across China ,Laos ,Thailand through the old silk route,through deserts,mountains,forests,beaches in rain ,sand and sun...... across rivers,valleys, villages...........


How ,When, Why ????????



If only I knew the answers i might stop asking questions , stop thinking and start being creative........


Is it time to take a break from exploring or is it an endless quest......??


Economic refugees,
Personal liberation,
self interest,
socializing,
structures which speak history ,
civilizations intensifying cultures........


The one who knows all the answers is more confused than I am.

Heading south into india where the past impresses me more than the present

temple tower






















seaside spiritualism



















legends and legacy






















1000 years older than me

In Search of the Real China

Villages
















Warriors
















Water wheels





















legacy

In India

Back in India.will post photos from the last year soon:-)

In Laos Now

Crossed from CHina into Laos with a motorcycle.......

Song Series

Empty Spaces














Stairway to Heaven















Highway to Hell
















Sheeps

Cont...

Show my shadow

















Raddish Right














spectacular seats

Last post continued

Brick Baker

















Hair that i want to have



















Smile that never stops















Flowers I followed

Longest post of my Life

Valleys I Walked































People I Passed





















































































































Houses they Had




















































Roads I rode

Chinese cities Vs Villages

The impressive countryside in china with houses made by making holes in the mountains.

Check the photos

http://vathsan.fotopic.net/c1481907.html

In China Now

In China now and blogs cannot be accessed here.
Thailand photos in

vathsan.fotopic.net

in Thailand now

In thailand !!!Blogger is in thai and i am not able to identify how to post

Nepal at last.

In Chennai

Right now in Madras..WIll post some photos from Nepal soon.

In India again

In India again for so many known and unknown reasons ??????

In Nepal.

Right now in Nepal.

Travel time

Goint to travel for a few months acroosss i dont know wer all ............

More Photos

Blogger resizes the photos.So uploaded a few photos I took in Madyapradesh and Uttranchal in fotopic.

Photos -> Click link

Time Travel

Bimbetka--A recently discoreved archelogical site in the middle of Madya Pradesh Jungles which contains cave paintings which are dated to 2000-10000 yrs old.










The white images are dated to be 10000 yrs old.Its amazing just to stand in that place surrounded by the jungle and there are these huge rocks and to see some painting which was done much before any written script was invented.
Entering that forrest is like teleporting urself 10000 yrs back.













Sanchi Stupa--The Stupa build in 1st century AD by the great emperor Ashoka who adopted Buddhism after seeing so much blood in Kalinga war.The full size shows the intricate inscriptions of Jataka tales on the sides of the pillar.













In front of a temple in Orrcha.

Riding solo on .....

A friend of mine (Gaurav) made a documentry of his solo ride in the himalayas...
The below link takes you to the trailer of the Documentary.

The Trailer

Ofcourse I have seen the full movie and wouldnt comment as I think any language is inadequate to describe it.
I was awestruck after watching it ....
I will pass on the comments you leave here to Gaurav ..

Minimal Exposure

One of the most wonderful well hidden route we took to reach Chattisgar in nonstop rains .Geared with just our motorcycles and a big travel bug..Some places had roads and some had traces of a road and at some leg of the journey,there was no road,no people but just nature.


Thought of riding the motorcycle all the way in,but the rain and the slimy ,slippery mud refused to allow the 2 weeler.So had to park it a few feet away and walked to this paradise sorrounded by fog,mountains,lake,mud,emptiness and just us 3 friends without anyother trace of life.


The thunder bird which took us through nonstop rains,mud,dirt,forrests,
and places wer roads wer unheard of and through floods which no other vehicle passed for the 2 previous days.

Weird rock formations made by cascading rivers.











At last the Buddha tatoo on my arm....

Memories

Its been an year since I went to the great Himalayas.Its calling me again or I am just imagining cause I don have anything better to do.


Backwaters in kerala


Aranmula Snake Boat race.

Purple Hayz all around me.(Allepy Beach)

Keral-land of coconuts,backwaters,rains and greeeeeeeennn all around.



Limestone caves underground at Borra--Scary - weird-beautiful- huge cave.