Shivya Nath
Writer at Freelance
Blogger at The Shooting Star
Award-winning travel writer. Bestselling author (Penguin). Master's in Sustainability (Harvard). Founder: Climate Conscious Travel. Instagram @ shivya
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3 days ago |
the-shooting-star.com | Shivya Nath
I had been up since early morning, working on my research, still in my PJs. I longingly gazed out of the window at the sprawling city below and the mountains beyond, wondering what I should do in the afternoon when I took a break. Just then, there was a loud knock on my door. It was my Cusceño neighbours, who I’d met in passing and made small talk with a couple of times. “We’re making an offering today to Pachamama – the Mother Earth,” they said. Would I like to join them?
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2 weeks ago |
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On a chilly afternoon, under a slight drizzle, I got off the tram with my suitcase. Under the bridge where I stood, the River Garonne flowed gently. I walked the short distance to the nearby neighborhood, located the apartment and let myself in. I found myself in a living room flooded with natural light, full of little touches, with a balcony overlooking the wilderness.
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3 weeks ago |
the-shooting-star.com | Shivya Nath
On a hot and humid morning, I lay in a hammock under a towering fig tree, serenaded by the call of wild birds fluttering about in the Amazonian wilderness. We had arrived in Puerto Maldonado, the gateway to the Peruvian Amazon, just the previous evening. After a month in the high altitude city of Cusco and the Sacred Valley, I felt a strange uneasiness from being at sea level again. Is low altitude sickness a thing, I wondered? A gentle breeze cooled the humidity on my skin and lured me into a nap.
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1 month ago |
the-shooting-star.com | Shivya Nath
As someone who loves to travel – not just as a source of newness and inspiration, but as a way to experience deep cultural exchange and tell meaningful stories around it – I feel utterly conflicted. This love for the road, immersing in different ways of life around the world, seeking community and conservation initiatives, and writing about sustainable travel comes at a cost – ironically to the very planet I love and feel driven to protect.
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1 month ago |
the-shooting-star.com | Shivya Nath
I never imagined I’d say “capstone” and “Cusco” in the same sentence, but life has its ways. After a month of working on my Master’s research in Boston, I had about six weeks to submit my paper on climate adaptation solutions in tourism. The US was too expensive to live and eat, and I didn’t want to fly all the way back to India.
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