Badminton
Fast rallies on an indoor court.
Hi, I'm Akash.
I travel to see how other people solve everyday problems.
Five countries and forty places in two years, mostly staying in hostels. Off the road I play five sports, have started three local ventures in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, and live with a dog called Aalloo. These are the stories.
5countries
40places
16places I stayed, from my bookings
3local ventures
Travel
Every trip, and every stop on it.
Pick a country to see the route, then open any place for its story.
6 – 16 Oct 2026
Egypt
From the Red Sea to the Nile and the Mediterranean, in eleven days.
Read the stories → Late Sep – early Oct 2026Jordan
A rental car, a Roman city, a rose-red city and a night in the Martian desert.
Read the stories → March 2026Meghalaya, India
The wettest hills in India, root bridges and a river as clear as glass.
Read the stories → Late Nov – early Dec 2025Malaysia
A capital of glass towers, then an island of rice fields and quiet beaches.
Read the stories → 31 Mar – 7 Apr 2025Sri Lanka
Rock fortresses, tea country and the south coast: eight days, nine beds.
Read the stories →Local ventures
Businesses I've started at home.
Alongside my engineering work, I build small businesses in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Snooker club
Underground, The Snooker Club
A basement snooker club in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar that I've owned since early 2024.
Hand sanitizer and health productsZer070 Enterprise
My first company. I started it in May 2020, at the height of COVID-19, to supply hand sanitizer and health products to businesses.
IT consulting and digital marketingIT consulting and digital marketing
Websites, apps, AI and digital marketing for local businesses that want to grow online.
Sports
What I play.
Swimming
Laps in the pool.
Pickleball
Paddles, a plastic ball, a small court.
Chess
One board and a long think.
Snooker
Green baize and long pots.
Growth
What travel changed in me.
A wider mind
Every country showed me another way to live, work and be happy. I came home with a broader view of the world, and fewer certainties about my own.
Memories over money
The best nights on the road cost the least: a hostel bunk, a desert camp, a village doorstep. Travel doesn't need much money. It needs time, and the decision to go.
Peace over luxury
Desert camps and village homes made me ask what a better life really is. More and more, my answer is peace and a simple life.
Family
Aalloo
My dog. Yes, like the potato.
Aalloo turns up in more of my photos than anyone except me.