Outside In

Bombay and Nepal

 

 

Varanasi Dream

Varanasi is a place out of time, the oldest living city on the planet

 

Waiting all day for the bus to leave and this guy just shows up!

 

mAkOmEkA'!?

The modern world and all it leaves behind

 

Lucy Rap

Lucy and I seeking a mansion in Bombay after months of guest-house hopping

 

Wildhairguy

A troll in Singapore

 

Bus Ride

Riding down the Tamil Nadu Coast

 

VIDEOTRIPS

A few years ago on my birthday, I discovered there was a little town in west Nepal called Yari. They say your guardian angel is nearest to you on your birthday and every quarter of the year around it. I had wanted to travel the east for a long time but never found the right moment to let go of everything... and finally it had come. Not only was my soul tired of what the west had done to it but I was moving back to Italy after a few years of New York and other major capitals and had to start a new life anyway. It was the right moment to get a backpack, my camera and videocamera, a pair of good shoes, and take off alone on a new adventure with a one-way ticket. I arrived in Kathmandu in July 1999 and settled into Kumari Guest House overlooking historical Durbar Square and its magical temples. $2 a night assured me a comfortable room (which I redecorated with local artwork) with incessant activity around the temples and markets and festivals below. In the evenings the market would close and the musicians would settle in to the temples and play for hours, echoing down the ancient stone footpaths.I was there for close to a month, trying to figure out a way to get to Yari and eventually Mount Kailash, but the maoists had begun their war in the region and I couldn't do it alone. Ultimately I was able to find a couple of people in Lhasa who were willing to share the journey to Mount Kailash from there and off I went. After acclimatising in Lhasa for a week we began the journey over the plateau that was to change my perception of the world for the better...

 

I ended up traveling the east for 10 months on that first journey. A sort of pilgrimage through the ancient Hindu world from its most northern point in Mount Kailash (center of the world for Buddhists and home of Lord Shiva for Hindus) to its most southern point, the temple of Uluwatu on the south tip of Bali. I travelled overland where possible, experiencing change of environment a little at a time, harmonizing with this beautiful world we live in. Om Shanti!

 

There are hours of footage which I am trying to edit a little at a time. These here are a few examples that I posted but there is much more to come.