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by the river-side. Rammam river, Sirikhola.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_20180521_100059765_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20180521_100059765_HDR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_20180521_113824392_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20180521_113824392_HDR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_20180521_090745710_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20180521_090745710_HDR</image:title><image:caption>Our guide, Suku, with the dog that accompanied us all the way from Sandakphu to Sirikhola, and then turned back on his journey back.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_20180521_084922682_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20180521_084922682_HDR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:55:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/06/26/the-dark-forest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170625_104014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170625_104014</image:title><image:caption>Andharban.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170625_131149530.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20170625_131149530</image:title><image:caption>At another bend... (Photograph courtesy: Nikhil Moholkar)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170625_124924077.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20170625_124924077</image:title><image:caption>Need I say more? (Photograph courtesy: Nikhil Moholkar)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170625_104457.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170625_104457</image:title><image:caption>Wild mushrooms.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170625_094148728.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20170625_094148728</image:title><image:caption>The view from the middle of the crossing. Only daring souls like Nikhil can think of doing this (photograph courtesy).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170625_093647935.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20170625_093647935</image:title><image:caption>That's Mangesh leading the way, and Purvang stopping for a pose. Another small group of trekkers had just managed to cross the falls.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170625_101058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170625_101058</image:title><image:caption>That's our guide Mangesh telling Nikhil where the rapids are deep, where the rocks give footing, and where to safely plant the feet.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_20170625_063100020-pano.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20170625_063100020-PANO</image:title><image:caption>The view from the shack called bus-stand at Vandre, at the break of dawn. (Photograph Courtesy: Nikhil Moholkar)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:54:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/08/18/ladakh/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4644.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4644</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170808_115200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170808_115200</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170806_123454.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170806_123454</image:title><image:caption>Filling up water by the stream.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170809_112511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170809_112511</image:title><image:caption>Me after reaching the Fotula top on the 4th day of the ride. (Photograph courtesy: Madhura Damle)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170806_155348.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170806_155348</image:title><image:caption>Inside the guest-area of a generous Ladakhi man, having the time of my life.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:53:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/10/16/failed-trek/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161015_135436.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161015_135436</image:title><image:caption>The only-shop-in-the-village. It was locked when I returned, so I slept in the "daawa".</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161015_132600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20161015_132600</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:51:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/06/11/an-overnight-trek/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img-20170611-wa0010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG-20170611-WA0010</image:title><image:caption>An interplay of lights, shadows and clouds, on the edge of a cliff. (Photo courtesy: Prateek Kedia; idea: me)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img-20170611-wa0004.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG-20170611-WA0004</image:title><image:caption>Photo courtesy: Prateek Kedia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_083142.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_083142</image:title><image:caption>Clouded.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_074908.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_074908</image:title><image:caption>The view from the top.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_072437.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_072437</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_072243.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_072243</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_072007.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_072007</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_071956.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_071956</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_074712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_074712</image:title><image:caption>Windmills on the opposite hill: when the clouds were gone, I could count eleven of them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170611_060153.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170611_060153</image:title><image:caption>Sunrise</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:50:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/07/30/a-hike-up-a-waterfall/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160730_144158.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160730_144158</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160730_134615.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160730_134615</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160730_133922.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160730_133922</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160730_133534.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160730_133534</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160730_132030-e1488593865267.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20160730_132030</image:title><image:caption>Something like this.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:44:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/01/31/a-night-in-the-caves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_121453103.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_121453103</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_121947877.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_121947877</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_103728417_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_103728417_HDR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170313_000852.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170313_000852</image:title><image:caption>I still have it.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_100845914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_100845914</image:title><image:caption>The cliff at the right and the valley below.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_100335762.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_100335762</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160130_100502956.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160130_100502956</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160129_180220367.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160129_180220367</image:title><image:caption>Just after finding the caves.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160129_173430312_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160129_173430312_HDR</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_20160129_164540194_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_20160129_164540194_HDR</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-09-04T15:42:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/08/16/worn/</loc><lastmod>2019-08-17T00:25:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/08/07/my-thoughts-on-the-current-state/</loc><lastmod>2019-09-28T10:27:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/05/22/paris/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_20160522_142309084_hdr.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_20160522_142309084_hdr</image:title><image:caption>This is where they rest in peace.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0938</image:title><image:caption>For whom the seat lies empty.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0655.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0655</image:title><image:caption>Street art in Montmarte: Music.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0685.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0685</image:title><image:caption>Street-art in Montamarte: Music</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0676.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0676</image:title><image:caption>Street art in Montmarte: portraits and fun.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0482</image:title><image:caption>Grandeur, the theme of Paris -- from the Batobus.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0342.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0342</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0273</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0140.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0140</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_0238</image:title><image:caption>From the balcony of the Notre Dame Chapel, facing due east.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-02T19:07:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2008/08/31/the-heroes/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-27T16:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/01/23/uncivilized/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-26T19:26:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/02/05/burnt/</loc><lastmod>2019-02-09T07:42:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/01/07/forget-you-not/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-13T14:34:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/01/12/crowded/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-16T09:34:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2019/01/08/gloomy-light/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-13T06:12:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2013/12/01/lamp/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-08T12:06:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2013/12/02/horns/</loc><lastmod>2024-03-25T00:29:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2014/06/30/anew/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-08T12:05:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2018/07/19/painted/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-08T12:03:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2018/04/30/dreams/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/outside_prabhadevi-phone_camera.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Outside_Prabhadevi--Phone_Camera</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-01-08T11:59:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2018/04/22/curled/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-08T06:43:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2018/03/17/look-up/</loc><lastmod>2019-01-13T03:43:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/10/29/why-i-am-not-an-atheist/</loc><lastmod>2018-10-07T08:51:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2009/11/30/sunsets/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-02T20:00:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/03/09/the-real-poets/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-21T15:05:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2008/05/31/lies/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-02T19:43:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2009/01/31/your-debris/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-27T07:42:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2009/04/30/my-dreams/</loc><lastmod>2018-02-02T19:41:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2015/05/03/opt-eye-mistic/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-08T06:45:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2015/07/31/emptiness/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-04T10:34:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/12/18/a-tryst-with-the-giants/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3082.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3082</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3136.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3136</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_1123.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_1123</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3135.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3135</image:title><image:caption>Its horn was rather small. Sometimes they break due to accidents, but grow back.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_1116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>dsc_1116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3126.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3126</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3119</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3117.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3117</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_3114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_3114</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-03T18:13:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2016/02/27/scuba_diving/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gopr7272.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPRO</image:title><image:caption>Up, close and personal.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gopr7276.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPRO</image:title><image:caption>The ship-wreck is seen at the back.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gopr7274.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DCIM100GOPRO</image:title><image:caption>Up close and personal.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-11-19T09:10:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/01/26/whatever-i-write-about/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-04T10:32:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/02/26/sunset-by-the-sea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://debduttapaul.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20170226_182638.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20170226_182638</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-02-02T11:12:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/02/28/for-a-red-haired-muse/</loc><lastmod>2018-12-04T10:30:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/04/08/back-there/</loc><lastmod>2020-05-01T15:37:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/2017/10/20/dear-diwali/</loc><lastmod>2017-10-24T11:38:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com/blog/</loc><lastmod>2016-10-30T22:27:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://debduttapaul.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2026-01-27T14:38:22+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
