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When I'm not working, I'm usually playing chess or video games, watching a documentary, following football, or learning the guitar. And travelling whenever I can.

Sahil in sunglasses and a black graphic tee, standing against the red sandstone walls of Antelope Canyon
Antelope Canyon
no, I don't rap

Places I've been

The US
New York

New York City

↑ all places
  • The Statue of Liberty seen from the water under heavy clouds, boats passing

    Statue of Liberty

  • One World Trade Center rising into the clouds, framed by trees

    One World Trade Center

  • Midtown Manhattan's skyline across the Hudson at dusk, a few towers catching the last light

    Manhattan skyline

  • A street at dusk with a yellow cab in traffic, the sky orange over the river at the end

    Manhattan

  • Looking up at Midtown towers by Sixth Avenue, one lit orange by the sunset

    Midtown Manhattan

New Jersey

Princeton

↑ all places
  • A tall angular concrete canopy over a paved plaza, young trees and blue sky with white clouds

    Princeton University

  • Jersey City's waterfront towers under grey clouds, seen across the Hudson, the Colgate clock on the left

    Jersey City waterfront

Washington DC
↑ all places
  • The Capitol dome against blue sky and big white clouds, a flag flying in front

    US Capitol

  • The Washington Monument in silhouette across the Capitol Reflecting Pool, a duck on the water

    Washington Monument

  • The Jefferson Memorial across the Tidal Basin under puffy white clouds

    Jefferson Memorial

  • A chestnut horse standing in a sandy paddock behind a wooden fence

    Washington DC

Illinois

Chicago

↑ all places
  • An 'L' train crossing a steel bridge under a cluster of glass towers on a grey day

    Chicago River

  • Chicago from high up at golden hour, a long street running towards the towers downtown

    Downtown Chicago

  • Glass towers above the river, an 'L' bridge crossing in front

    Chicago River

  • Looking up at office towers and the wavy Aqua tower, a pumpkin balloon peeking in below

    The Loop, Chicago

  • Towers lit at night above the curved mirror of Cloud Gate

    Cloud Gate, Chicago

  • A night game at Wrigley Field from the outfield, the stands packed

    Wrigley Field

Washington

Seattle

↑ all places
  • The Space Needle against a cloudy sky, with tall grass in the foreground

    Space Needle

  • The Seattle Great Wheel lit up at dusk on the waterfront, the stadiums glowing behind

    Seattle Great Wheel

  • The downtown skyline over the marina at dusk, the Great Wheel lit up by the water

    Seattle waterfront

  • The Great Wheel and the waterfront towers from the water, the Space Needle small in the distance

    Elliott Bay

  • Downtown from high up at golden hour, the bay and the ferries beyond

    Downtown Seattle

  • Looking up between glass towers against a blue sky

    Downtown Seattle

  • A flag flying over a pale dome on a grey day

    Seattle

  • A red and yellow glass sculpture glowing in a dark room

    Chihuly Garden and Glass

  • Rain on a window, a lit lamp on the dark beams outside

    Seattle

  • A street lined with trees, pink flower baskets hanging from a lamp post

    Seattle

  • A sunflower against a blue sky, a row of tall poplars behind

    Seattle

Arizona

Phoenix · Grand Canyon Village · Page

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  • Low cloud drifting through the canyon, bare branches framing the view

    Grand Canyon

  • The canyon opening up below a trail through pines and scrub

    Grand Canyon

  • Trees in silhouette at the rim against a cloudy sunset

    Grand Canyon

  • A brass sighting tube on a white disc set into the rock at the rim

    Grand Canyon

  • Looking up through the twisting red walls of a slot canyon to a strip of blue sky

    Antelope Canyon

  • A straight two-lane road through yellow scrub under a wide grey sky

    On the way to the Grand Canyon

  • Light pouring down smooth orange sandstone inside a slot canyon

    Antelope Canyon

  • Orange sandstone curving up to a slice of blue sky in a slot canyon

    Antelope Canyon

  • A hole in dark canyon rock opening onto lit orange stone and sky

    Antelope Canyon

  • Evening light under a lodge's wooden eaves, low trees and the sky going gold

    Grand Canyon Village

Nevada

Las Vegas

↑ all places
  • The Strip at night, the Eiffel Tower replica and the casinos lit up

    Las Vegas Strip

  • Looking up at the Palazzo's lit tower at night, shopfronts glowing either side of the entrance

    The Palazzo, Las Vegas

California

Crescent City · San Francisco · Stanford · Mountain View · Cupertino · Mariposa · Three Rivers · Furnace Creek · Santa Maria · Santa Barbara · Los Angeles · San Diego

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  • Downtown Los Angeles' skyline from the hills, the city spread out below

    Downtown Los Angeles

  • Tall palm trees in silhouette against a blue-to-orange dusk sky

    Santa Barbara

  • Sailboats anchored on a calm grey sea

    Santa Barbara

  • A pier and the beach in silhouette at dusk, people along the water

    Santa Barbara

  • The Golden Gate Bridge in silhouette at dusk, dark rocks and water in front

    Golden Gate Bridge

  • A red pagoda among pines and clipped shrubs in a Japanese garden

    Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco

  • A white concrete arch bridge spanning a canyon between green coastal hills

    Bixby Bridge, Big Sur

  • Rocky coves and blue sea along the coast, the cliffs warm in the sun

    Pacific Coast Highway

  • A beach seen from a clifftop path, palms along the sand and the sea flat and blue

    Pismo Beach

  • Looking straight up a grove of giant sequoias, the trunks catching low sun against a blue sky

    Sequoia National Park

  • Looking up the huge red trunk of a giant sequoia, a person tiny at its base

    Sequoia National Park

  • Half Dome's sheer granite face under a clear sky, the high country stretching behind

    Half Dome, Yosemite

  • Looking down a granite valley lined with pines, waterfalls and domes in the distance

    Glacier Point, Yosemite

  • A duck on a choppy blue lake, a pine forest and a bare granite peak behind

    Tenaya Lake, Yosemite

  • Waves on a mountain lake, a forested shore and rocky ridges across the water

    Tenaya Lake, Yosemite

  • Bare rocky mountains under an evening sky, the peaks catching the last light

    Eastern Sierra

  • An orange band of sunset over a dark valley, town lights below and a thin moon above

    Sequoia National Park

  • The glass front of Apple Park's visitor centre under a long wooden roof, olive trees alongside

    Apple Park Visitor Center

India
Himachal

Shimla · Shangarh · Jibhi · Shoja

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  • A wooden hill house below snow-dusted peaks turning pink at dusk

    Shangarh

  • Stars over a line of tall pines at night, a faint light glowing between the trees

    Night sky, Shangarh

  • Layers of hazy blue hills fading into the distance

    Himachal

  • Forested ridges in blue haze, dry golden flowers in front

    Shoja

Uttarakhand

Rishikesh

↑ all places
  • A flaming lamp held up against the night during the evening prayer by the river

    Ganga Aarti, Rishikesh

  • An orange and pink sunset over a suspension bridge and the hills

    Rishikesh

  • Lights reflected in the river at dusk, a tree branch arching over and the sky going orange

    Ganga, Rishikesh

Rajasthan

Jaipur · Udaipur · Jodhpur · Ajmer

↑ all places
  • Looking up at an old sandstone haveli, carved balconies and shuttered windows against a blue sky

    Jodhpur

  • Looking up at the carved sandstone screens and balconies around a courtyard of Mehrangarh Fort

    Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur

  • The white marble domes and carved arches of Jaswant Thada lit by low evening sun

    Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur

  • The sun setting over a still lake below a rocky ridge, a radio mast reflected in the water

    Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur

  • A boat crossing a wide lake at sunset, the sun a pale disc above the far shore

    Lake Pichola, Udaipur

Meghalaya

Shillong · Mawlynnong · Nongriat · Dawki

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  • Green ridges folding away into a deep valley under a wide blue sky with wisps of cloud

    Laitlum Canyons

  • A wooden viewing deck on a grassy ridge above deep green valleys, the sky streaked with cloud

    Laitlum Canyons

  • Low cloud rolling over steep green hills

    Meghalaya

  • A wide curtain of white water falling into a turquoise pool, trees on the rocks above

    Krang Suri Falls

  • A small boat moored on a choppy lake under heavy cloud, forested hills all around

    Umiam Lake

Goa

Candolim · Old Goa · Mollem · Agonda · Palolem · Galgibaga

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  • A wooden beach-shack deck with empty tables looking out at waves, black rocks and a green island

    Palolem

  • A bright yellow Portuguese-style house with red awnings, white balconies and green shutters

    Fontainhas, Panaji

  • A white church above palm trees and red tiled roofs under a blue sky

    Old Goa

  • A café wall with framed sketches of cats and dogs, each with its name, among painted leaves

    Goa