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This is beautiful... brought back memories of a similar itinerary when I had travelled across Nepal as a videographer filming a series of episodes for the travel section on Good Morning India, a breakfast show.

Love your photos and narration. <3

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Thank you, Natasha ❤️ You're such an inspiration that it means a lot coming from you. Is the series still available online? Sounds like you must've had an incredible time!

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This post truly brings out the things we miss whenever we take any village or ecotourism here. It’s all about communities and priorities.

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Thank you, Ritu! 💜

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Ila , this is lovely (as always). I know this has been said so many times but it felt like I was there. The pics and stories on insta had done a lot of teasing. Glad that this post delivered ☺️

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Thank you Sanket :) So happy to hear that. Miss reading your posts, hope you'll get back to writing soon!

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2 mentions of ‘in my next post’

1 mention of the blog

No hyperlink to the rann of kutch trip

I could go on and on but I won’t. It is so good to see you travel. We could ‘see’ you travel is how good the post is, but then again, I state the obvious. That letter you painted, what does it mean?

Last thing - How is the post from mum coming along?

Keep the travel on, you!

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Thank you ❤️❤️ You're the best but you know that already. Will show this comment to my mom and prod her to write her version of all three trips.

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P.S. The letter is 'Om' in Ranjana Lipi.

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Ila excellent!! glad u did the trip with your mom, seamlessly written with a right balance of all flavors, like the momos u ate.

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Thank you! 💜

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Have been excited for the newsletter ever since you started teasing about your trip to Nepal on Instagram. Such a brilliantly written piece, Ila. Have been planning on visiting Nepal since years now and once the plan comes to fruition, I will make sure to refer to this newsletter again to plan my itinerary. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Sending warmth to you and your mum 🌻

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Thank you so much Bhumika ❤️

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You write well i can visualize just by reading it.

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Thanks! Glad to know that 🙂

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Would have loved to have similar experience!

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Great Post, Ila! Such a breezy read, and a perfect balance of text, image, and textual imagery.

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Thanks Karthik! 😊

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Very informative and great to read. Love your adventures Ila

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Thank you!

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Have been to Nepal in 2008 and loved Patan. We spent a month around thamel and pokhara and trekking . Quite some crazy memories too

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How lovely! I would love to go back for a longer time too.

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Thank you for this Ila

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