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This is a book-length work of creative non-fiction about traveling in Nepal, which I’ve publishing here as a serial. I’m currently seeking a publisher to print it or an agent to represent it. If that’s you, please e-mail me at dkay@outlook.com.

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PART 1: A HOTEL ROOM IN HONG KONG

Hong Kong Skyline

1. A Hotel Room in Hong Kong
2. HKG
3. Hong Kong to Delhi
4. Delhi
5. Lost Ticket
6. Domino’s Pizza
7. Delhi to Kathmandu

PART 2: KATHMANDU

Peaceful Photos of Kathmandu, Nepal

8. Tribhuvan
9. Kathmandu at Night
10. The Annapurna Guesthouse
11. Fixations
12. The Drug Dealers of Thamel
13. Earthquake Aftermath
14. Money
15. Yanti
16. Himalayan Java
17. Shopping in Thamel
18. Ceilings
19. Thamel House
20. Alone in Kathmandu
21. The Alleys of Kathmandu
22. Kathmandu Durbar Square
23. A Close Shave
24. A Friendly Face
25. Smoking With Sujan
26. Smoking Alone
27. Last Day in Kathmandu
28. Departing Kathmandu
29. Bus From Kathmandu to Pokhara

PHOTOS

Photos of Thamel, the tourist neighborhood in Kathmandu

Photos of Kathmandu Durbar Square, largely destroyed after the earthquake

PART 3: POKHARA

Pokhara Nepal Lakeside Photos

30. Hotel Snow Leopard
31. The Power of Places
32. Lakeside Abandoned
33. Why Am I Here?
34. Lakeside, Pokhara
35. The Man With No Shoes
36. Harassed at the Lake
37. Bad Apples
38. Chess in the Cafe
39. Hash
40. Traveling Is Like…
41. American Politics
42. Hallelujah
43. Sunrise
44. Looking Down
45. Howl
46. Looking Back
47. Feelin’ Beat
48. Paragliders Over Sarankot
49. Wiping My Ass With a 5-Star Hotel
50. The Pieces Fall Into Place
51. Why Do You Want to Move to Austria?
52. Something to Do With Your Hands
53. The Drunk Welshman
54. Anxiety Takes Hold
55. Arranging a Trek
56. Packing for Trekking
57. Nasi Goreng
58. Leaving Pokhara
59. An Awkward Taxi Ride
60. Towards Annapurna

PHOTOS

Photos of Pokhara

PART 4: ANNAPURNA

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61. First Steps
62. A Journey Back in Time
63. Slowly, Slowly
64. The Stairs to Ulleri
65. Teahouse Trekking
66. My Second Great Shit Story
67. The Morning After
68. On the Road to Ghorepani
69. Ghorepani
70. Sol
71. Three Hundred Dollars
72. The Cyclist
73. My Travel Crush
74. The Regular Citizen
75. Ghorepani Goodbyes
76. Tranquility on the Trail
77. Brooding
78. Sulking in Suile
79. The Most Beautiful Moment of My Life
80. Magic Morning Light 
81. Sloth Bears
82. The Stairs to Chhomrong
83. Chhomrong
84. Upper Sinuwa
85. Linjon
86. The Diplomat
87. Characters
88. The Diplomat’s Daughter
89. On the Quality of Nepali Goods 
90. Deurali 
91. Bullshit
92. Insignificance
93. Equivalencies
94. Machhupuchre Base Camp
95. Annapurna Base Camp
96. Whisky 
97. A Cold Night
98. Sunrise at Annapurna Base Camp
99. Running Down
100. The Palace
101. Jihnudanda
102. Raksi
103. Dance Party
104. Leaving Annapurna
105. Ignorance Tax
106. Back to Civilization
107. The End of the Dream

PART 5: STUMBLING HOME

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108. The Stupa
109. Goodbye to Lin
110. Fuck the Money
111. Departures