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.
As I walk along the trail, I see a crowd ahead. I skip a few metres to my left, leave the trail altogether & scramble over some rocks. : A local trek leader hails me to come back to the trail. I see his concern. …
There are still places in the world where there is no electricity for most parts of the day. There are still places in the world where cellular phone network came as recently as a year back. There are still places in the world where villagers …
One of my aunts flew to India yesterday. She lives in the US. Last night, she asked me about my upcoming Kenya trip. I excitedly told her about going to the Masai Mara, and hopefully witnessing the Wildebeest Migration. She casually remarked that I should …
Often I hear people saying , “I have trust issues”, or “Oh I have learned not to trust people anymore”. Its the exact opposite of what I believe in, have experienced in all these years. Three days back, someone emailed my team asking for our …
When Viram booked our recent Gurez trip, I was happy. He had already done a trip with me in April to Meghalaya. My early memories of him are of him trying to climb Weisawdong Falls. I knew he wouldn’t be able to reach the end …
As a trip leader, I meet twenty new people every 2-3 weeks. I spend 18-20 hours with them daily for 7 days. When you spend so much time with people, you observe certain patterns, and swiftly figure out behaviour. By the time I have seen …
July 1: Its been five days. Of walking in the mountains. Today the sixth, as we head back to Pahalgam, I don’t want to leave. I feel a subtle stabbing pain in the middle of my chest. The others are walking ahead, trooping along the …
In travel, often external factors can change your plans (Covid being a prime example). Two days before my Tarsar Marsar trip, a trekker fell off a wooden bridge into the swirling Lidder waters. A guide had heroically jumped in after him to save, and both …
Eight years of This Guy’s On His Own Trip. On June 8, 2014, if someone had asked me where I expected to be in 2022, I l’d have smiled. I was a little nervous that day because I was leading my 1st trip. I remember …
