The journal
Stories worth slowing down for
Long-form notes on the life we're building — marriage, travel, real life, and what it's like to live across two countries at once.
We got married in Bali
Two families, two cultures, one afternoon by the sea. Why we chose Bali — and what it felt like to finally say it out loud.
20 June 2026 · 6 min read
The mehendi: a celebration in two languages
Henna, colour, music, and two families learning each other's traditions in real time. The mehendi was where the wedding really began.
19 June 2026 · 5 min read
How we met — and never quite un-met
We were teenagers in Nepal in 2014. Everyone told us it wouldn't last. Ten years and one ocean later, here we are.
18 June 2026 · 5 min read
A love letter to the Top End
Red dirt, impossible sunsets, and a slower kind of beautiful. Why Darwin quietly became the place we love most.
16 June 2026 · 4 min read
The unglamorous things that actually hold a marriage together
Nobody films the dishwasher arguments or the 11pm logistics talks. But that's the part that actually keeps us — and most of it isn't romantic at all.
14 June 2026 · 5 min read
Our first stamp together: Thailand, 2016
Before the visas and the big moves, there was one cheap flight to Thailand — and the discovery that we travel well together.
12 June 2026 · 4 min read
Why we point a camera at our own life
We're not influencers, and we never set out to be. So why do we film all of this? The honest answer surprised even us.
10 June 2026 · 4 min read
Going home to Nepal — when home is a place you left
There's a strange feeling that comes with flying back to the country that made you, after years of building a life somewhere else.
8 June 2026 · 5 min read
A year, an ocean, and a ring
Dikshya moved to Sydney in 2017. For a year, love meant time zones and bad wifi — until a ring in March 2018 turned the distance into a plan.
5 June 2026 · 6 min read
Why we left Sydney for the Top End
In 2021 we traded Sydney's pace for Darwin's red dirt and big skies. Everyone asked why. Here's the honest answer.
30 May 2026 · 5 min readBrisbane, 2019 — the trip that started the habit
Our first proper getaway as a couple in Australia. Brisbane in 2019, back when the whole country still felt brand new.
28 May 2026 · 4 min readCairns, 2022 — reef, rainforest, and the tropical north
Where the rainforest meets the reef. A 2022 trip to tropical North Queensland that reminded us why we moved north in the first place.
25 May 2026 · 4 min readKununurra & Lake Argyle, 2022 — the Kimberley will humble you
Boab trees, an inland sea, and some of the most remote, jaw-dropping country in Australia — a short hop from our Darwin doorstep.
22 May 2026 · 5 min readBali, 2026 — we came for the wedding and fell for the island
Beyond the ceremony: the trip that brought both our worlds to one island, and the place that hosted the biggest week of our lives.
20 May 2026 · 4 min readBoth our families, one Australian road trip (2024)
In 2024 we took both sets of parents through Sydney, Newcastle and the ACT. Two families, one country, and the quiet joy of showing your parents the life you built.
18 May 2026 · 5 min readDal bhat in a Darwin kitchen
How a plate of rice and lentils became the thing that makes a flat on the other side of the world feel like home.
8 March 2026 · 3 min readMarried, and still dating
Why we still plan dates, take the long way home, and refuse to let the everyday swallow the romance whole.
18 February 2026 · 3 min readThe build-up
Darwin's strange, electric season before the rains — the heat, the waiting, and what living through it taught us about patience.
20 January 2026 · 3 min readDashain and Tihar, half a world away
Celebrating Nepal's biggest festivals from a kitchen in Darwin — the homesickness, the phone calls, and the small ways we keep them alive.
2 November 2025 · 4 min read