Neeraj Narayanan, a.k.a Captain Nero, is the founder of OHOT. In the summer of 2013, he quit his corporate job and went backpacking around the world. In a year full of (mis)adventures, he ended up being chased by a bear in a Croatian forest, being held at gunpoint by a mafia gang lord in Turkey, running with the bulls in Spain, and dancing in the clubs of Spain and Italy. A year later, he started leading group trips for people.
Before the trek, I knew it did not matter whether I reached each campsite 1st or last,the first 5 days of the trek. But what I had decided was that on day 6, the day we were to reach Annapurna Base Camp, I’d be the …
Which is the place where you have met the most hospitable people! In February, when I brought a group to Kashmir, on the last day we were walking in this village in Pahalgam. And as we walked by a house, the family invited us in. …
Why do we trek? Why would we want to walk for long hours for the few days that we get leaves from office? Why would we want to work out for it from a month in advance, sweat it out running, climbing floors? Why would …
One of the best parts about my latest Sikkim trip: I smile as I think back about the last seven days. It was a trip where bro code reigned strong, where we boys wanted to keep sitting with boys in the cars (some even going …
On May 22, Baljeet Kaur sumitted Mount Lhotse to become the 1st Indian woman to scale four 8000 mt peaks in less than a month. To raise funds, Baljeet approached over 3000 corporate houses hoping to raise 25 lakhs, but only managed to get 8 …
Trekking in Nepal has been such a stimulating experience. And of the stand out features was the number of backpackers from other countries we met. While trekking in India, we aren’t usually exposed to so many foreigners whereas Nepal has been a mecca for mountain …
Heh, it has taken me a while to process my journey in Nepal. But here I am, with a bag of mixed emotions. Right before reaching Lobuche, which is the second last village before the base camp, I wondered if I made the right decision …
Before the reels, the choreographies and the preps, remember how you would dance back when you were just 3 or 4 years old? When a loudspeaker at a function would blast some Govinda song really loudly? Or when someone cool played Braziiiil? Remember how you’d …
A few weeks before our Andamans trip this October Sharmin messaged me. “I really want to do this trip but I’m scared” she said. Some conversations and texts later Sharmin was on a flight to Portblair. In fact, she was easily one of the most …
There is something special about ‘firsts’ no? First crush, first kiss, first job, first salary, first car, heh we do have fond memories around these things. In travel too, as trip leader, I get to hear and see trippers being excited about certain ‘firsts’ that …
