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7 February 2021

 by Teja · Published 7 February 2021 · Last modified 30 April 2022

Unexpected Insights from Life Stories in the Tuamotus

Shiva temple facade with carved stone in Varanasi, India | solo travel to Benaras | Header image for travel story My Varanasi Day Tour with a Shiva Devotee - Shiva City on travel blog Teja on the Horizon

27 July 2018

 by Teja · Published 27 July 2018 · Last modified 4 May 2022

My Unexpected Varanasi Tour with a Helpful Shiva Devotee

Meeting a sisterhood of female travellers and hosts in Pokhara, Nepal | Kashmiris in Pokhara | couchsurfing with a cashmere merchant family in Nepal | introduction to Buddhist monastery education | learning about original and ethical cashmere from Kashmir | The Kashmiri Serendipity: Stories of Female Travellers in Pokhara | Teja on the Horizon

18 June 2018

 by Teja · Published 18 June 2018 · Last modified 1 February 2023

How I Found Myself Staying with Kashmiris in Pokhara

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There are some potato cods that regularly come ...

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There are some potato cods that regularly come around when they know divers have come. (Others have better things to do). This one was really tame, obliging many photographs with the divers. I was, of course, in the unusual position of being a snorkeler, taking photos from above them. 
#potatocods #grouper #codfish #coralsea #scubadiving #underwatervideos #uwvideo #videobawahlaut #selamskuba

This fish was intriguing. It had what looked like ...

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This fish was intriguing. It had what looked like two pairs of bright orange barbs near its tail, that looked like four butterflies are stuck to it. Or four little hearts, if you scroll to the close up photo. 
I don't know what fish this is, and I'm not even 100% sure the orange bits are part of it or not. If you know this fish, please comment. 
#fishes🐠 #tailbarb? #marinelife #corallife #coolseacreatures 
#snorkelling🐠 #snorkelaroundtheworld #tejainthewater #inspiringinsightfultravel

As if to console me even more for not being able ...

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As if to console me even more for not being able to scuba dive, a turtle came over to swim around with the fishes. 
#snorkeling #snorkelinggbr #snorkelling #snorkelphotos #tejainthewater 
#turtlesofinstagram #turtlesofig #seaturtle #seaturtles🐢 #greatbarrierreefqld

Who else loves seeing #lionfish ?

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Who else loves seeing #lionfish ?
#fishesofinstagram #fishespics 
#sealover #snorkelers

After being a snorkeler on a dive liveaboard, I ...

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After being a snorkeler on a dive liveaboard, I went back to the reef on a day tour boat. As it was a day tour, the snorkeling/diving sites weren't very far from Cairns. But the coral reef was still gorgeous. 
#snorkelingday #corals #batukarang #snorkellingphoto #daytour #cairnsdaytrips #greatbarriereef #lifeunderwater #lifeunderthesea #marinehabitat 
#exploreunderwater #scubadivers #cairnstourism #passionsofparadise #greatbarrierreefaus #unescoheritagesite

Can someone tell me what the strange wriggly thing...

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Can someone tell me what the strange wriggly thing is? It looks like it's hiding behind the coral, but the camouflage makes it look like the coral is extending a tentacle! 
#mysteriousseacreature #mysterioussealife #strangeseacreature #weirdsealife #camouflage  #tejainthewater

#unicornfish #unicornfishes #ribbonreefs
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#unicornfish #unicornfishes #ribbonreefs 
#tejainthewater

Do you see what I see?

By the way, ...

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Do you see what I see? 
By the way, scroll to second photo and let me know if you know what this is. Coz I can't for the life of me figure out what I saw. 
#camouflage #inspiringinsightfultravel 
#mysteriousmarineorganism #mysteriousmarinelife

The final dive site was Cod Hole. As far as the ...

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The final dive site was Cod Hole. As far as the coral reef was concerned, it wasn't a great site. But potato cods come around regularly, and a few are particularly tame with divers, which is why it's on the itinerary. 
Nonetheless, there were still some fishes that you normally find along sandy or rubble seabed. And I watched a pair of divers video an eel. 
#scubadivers #morayeel #greatbarrierrreefaus
#coralreef #flutefish #tejainthewater #underwaterphotos 
#shewholovesthesea
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