Homestay Life in the Himalayan Hills
Sleeping under a family's roof, eating what they eat and waking up to their routine — the most honest way to know a place.
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Experience
Behind the camera, in the edit and out on the trail — the skills, the work and the journeys behind every story.
Behind every frame
One person, the whole production
Every video on the channel is planned, shot, edited and graded by me. Over time that has grown into a full set of skills — from interviews in a village courtyard to colour grading late at night — that I now also use for brands, destinations and fellow creators.
Most of my filming so far has been across Nepal: the stupas and hills around the Kathmandu Valley and the villages and high trails of Rubi Valley in Dhading — and, more recently, the old towns and lakes of western Poland. Each trip becomes a vlog, sometimes a documentary, and usually a written story with the details that didn’t fit in the video.
What I bring to a project
Documentary Filmmaking
Research, interviews and observational filming in remote places, built around real people rather than scripts.
Videography
Travel and event shooting with light, mobile gear — gimbal work, timelapses and natural-light interviews.
Video Editing
Story structure, pacing, colour grading and sound design for YouTube, reels and long-form films.
Photography
Portraits, landscapes and culture photography for articles, campaigns and social media.
Graphic Design
Thumbnails, title cards, channel branding and print pieces that match the look of the films.
Digital Creation
Planning content series and turning one trip into video, photo and written stories for every platform.
Where the work has taken me
Kathmandu Valley
Stupas, Newar courtyards, festivals and the craftspeople who keep old traditions alive.
Ganesh Himal
Rubi Valley’s Tamang villages, high passes and homestays far from the main trekking routes.
Pangsang Pass & Tipling
The high trails of Rubi Valley, a 500-year-old gumba and the Tatopani hot spring.
Western Poland
Poznań Old Town, Wolsztyn’s railway history and bike rides out to the lakes.
“Film school gave me the language. The road taught me everything else.”
Trained at Omega Film Institute, LalitpurFrom the road
Experiences
Ways of travelling that changed how I see the world — and how you can try them too.
Festival Days in the Kathmandu Valley
Music in the courtyards, chariots in the streets and whole neighbourhoods coming together — the valley is never more alive.
Walking With Local Guides
A good guide doesn't just show you the trail. They open doors, translate jokes and turn a walk into a story.
Learning to Film in the Field
What filmmaking school taught me, and what only the trail could teach.
The full journeys are on YouTube
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