As she went to the United States, she felt that she had travelled to 'a desert, to emptiness' due to the lack of people to share her thoughts and feelings with.

The physical worlds i.e. the earth, the sky, the trees, water, the air became her permanent friends with whom she could share her feelings.

The treasures of Petersham, where the writer lived with her family were as follows:

1. Across the big Paramatta Road from Leichhardt, where the buildings of her high school stand, was the completely nondescript Petersham.
2. The place faced the dreary backsides of shops along Paramatta Road.
3. There was a small park with few visitors and a large rock in one corner of Petersham.

Walking helped the author in the new country by renewing the circumstances of her life. It helped her to get out all kinds of pressures and search for a pace and a rhythm that she felt most natural.

Sydney's roads were paved and well maintained whereas Kathmandu's roads were dirtier, more chaotic and less maintained than Sydney's.

The writer preferred walking long distances especially on such roads that were unpaved and uneven, like the roads around her uncle house (mamaghar) when she was very young.

The author's favourite hobby is walking. She likes it so much because of the movement, the rhythm, the instability of the senses, and the body that initiates it. She is very fond of it and enjoys a lot of physical sensations while walking.