Scenic view of a river winding through green fields and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Fieldnotes

Our journal from the ground.
First-hand travel writing shaped by places, people, and the moments in between.

Oxford Unbuttoned
Belawal Hussain Belawal Hussain

Oxford Unbuttoned

A Hospitality Insider Wanders Through Stone, Light and Slightly Arrogant Cyclists

Oxford has a way of looking at you first. Before you even get the chance to form an opinion, the city sizes you up with its honey toned stone and quietly aristocratic rooftops, as if to say you are welcome but do try to behave. The light that morning did not pour or drift or glide. It slapped me awake with good manners, the kind only a crisp winter day can muster. Everything glowed and everything felt possible.

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Authentic Pakistan, The High North, Unscripted
Belawal Hussain Belawal Hussain

Authentic Pakistan, The High North, Unscripted

A Wanderer’s Notes on Mountains, Hospitality and the Architecture of Human Warmth

Some places do not ask for your attention. They take it. Northern Pakistan is one of them. It greets you not with courtesy but with scale. Mountains rise like ancient monarchs. Valleys open like the pages of an unread epic. The air is so clean it feels personal. And there you are, a mere mortal with a backpack and questionable cardio, whispering a quiet, reverent “well then.”

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