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  • Gagal dan Berhasil: Kisah Berburu eVisa India

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Yang pernah aku rasakan, mengajukan permohonan eVisa itu lebih mudah dan peluang diterimanya lebih besar dibandingkan dengan pengajuan Visa Reguler. Cukup melampirkan dokumen-dokumen yang disyaratkan dan membayar di payment gate maka eVisa akan terbit menyesuaikan rencana waktu kedatangan di negara tersebut. Setidaknya aku pernah membuat eVisa Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Uni Emirates Arab, Bahrain…

  • Writing Inspiration from Tribhuvan International Airport

    <—-Previous Story Time was so fast. Yesterday afternoon I was still exploring Basantapur area. But now it was four in the morning. I had just soaked myself under a warm shower of Shangrila Butique Hotel. After making sure that nothing was left behind, I immediately went to reception desk to check-out and a step later…

  • Goodbye Basantapur

    <—-Previous Story Stepping away from Kumari Ghar, I was still thinking. When Kumari retires later, how does she live in society after only leaving Kumari Ghar once a year for a dozen years, how does she work until which man who is lucky to marry her…. Hmmhh. My steps arrived at a wide plaza. Elongated…

  • Kesempatan Kedua ke India: Air Asia AK 39 dari Kuala Lumpur (KUL) ke Kochi (COK)

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Berangkat ke India selalu saja menyematkan debar di sebuah sisi hati. Provokasi informasi tak bertanggungjawab terkadang sukses membuat gentar nyali. Hembusan kabar mulai dari faktor keamanan, kehigienisan kuliner, variasi scam, serta printilan mencekam lainnya mulai menggelayuti pikiran sore itu. Oleh karenanya sebelum bertolak ke India, selama lima hari aku memanaskan nyali di Kuala…

  • Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah….Hiasan Ruhani di Muara Sungai Ibai

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Gagal turun di Pantai Batu Burok akibat terlalu menyerahkan perjalanan kepada pengemudi Bas KITē, aku diturunkan di destinasi incaran kedua. Adalah Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah, masjid terapung pertama di Negeri Jiran. Bas KITē berhenti di area parkir sisi utara yang juga terkenal sebagai area Bazar Ramadhan Masjid Terapung. Begitu turun, aku tak langsung…

  • The Beauty of the Living Goddess in Kumari Ghar

    <—-Previous Story It was King Prithvi Narayan Shah who first in using the two-triangular flag when he succeeded in unifying all kingdoms in Nepal on 1768. Yes, two triangles on the Nepalese national flag represent two great dynasties which once existed in the Land of a Thousand Gods, namely the Shah Dynasty and the Rana…

  • Madira at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square

    Early morning….No doubt, I exchanged 1.000 Rupee with a pink-white ticket as an access to enjoying the history of Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square. Walking on andesite-covered Layaku Marg Street which looking gray color and the thin dust which thrown by the cleaning staff’s broomsticks, I was ready to entering ancient Nepal are which was still…

  • Indra Chowk before Kathmandu Durbar Square

    Unusually, a slightly luxurious breakfast had been prepared on the top floor of Shangrila Boutique Hotel. Fried rice sprinkled with diced buffalo meat, two slices of sausage and a sheet of beef eye egg. Two layers of toast with a sheet of cheese were also prepared. Then they closed with a cup of hot black…

  • Bollywood Dance in Thamel

    I was put in the first floor room to the right of Shangrila Boutiqe Hotel’s reception desk. Putting my 45 litre backpack and took my boots off, after some time, I let the warm water splash my tired body after almost half a day of hard journey in a road trip leaving Pokhara. Not wanting…

  • Wrong Seat in Pokhara-Kathmandu Tourist Bus

    Mr. Tirtha still accompanied me to speak, we leaned back in his tiny taxi while observing the bustle around Tourist Bus Park. Several hawkers took turn getting on and off in all small sized-buses offering their wares. A while later, Mr. Tirtha widely spread his arms and we lightly hugged as a substitute for saying…