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# Unplanned Travel Purchases
- URL: https://www.aasthavkapoor.com/unplanned-travel-purchases/
- Published: 2026-11-10T10:25:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T10:45:22.000Z
- Description: Darjeeling made me reflect on the plastic & clothes I counsume when I travel unprepared.
- Author: Aastha V. Kapoor
- Tags: 4amthoughts newsletter

## My thoughts:

*Hello, guys. This weeks been amazing in Darjeeling miss Queen of the hills, I was here for 6 days. It's been nice exploring Nepali food & culture. They are such kind people. The tourism here is thriving, & with it the garbage that is created from tourism & single use plastics. Also, the burning of garbage to reduce it piling up. I'm sure they're doing there best, & it defenatily cleaner than most of the cities I have seen in the past month in India.* 
  
*It's mostly made me reflect on my impact on these places the garbage I produce, like:*

- *Oh lord the amount of plastic water bottles I have consumed this trip, I don't think I have used that many in my whole life.*
- *Or the single use plastics at street food stalls.*
- *Being unprepared before going to a place & then having to buy clothes because of the climate. We bought an umbrella, poncho, jackets and 2 shalls in Darjeeling because of the cold, my wardrobe was only for the heat of India. Wet cold hits hard.*  
*I think these unexpected purchases can be prevented with a little research & prepardness. I definitely need to do better, because these clothes are out of necessasity I fear they maynot stay in my wardrobe long.*

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/56/a7/56a7facb-f1ac-4739-8556-2232867b5101/content/images/2026/11/IMG_8015.jpeg)

Lepcha Jagat pine forest as we took photos the locals were burning garbage created by the tourism. They said they weren't burning plastic but it smelled like it. I don't blame them. There needs to be better disposal systems.

## Wins of discomfort this week:

1. After a 1.5 month of not posting any content, here I am writing this newsletter,
2. I filmed a long form video for the channel on the topic [NFC digital linktree business card](https://www.aasthavkapoor.com/nfc-digital-linktree-business-card/). It's been on my content ideas lists for a while & now I just need to edit & post it! I am excited to see if it will do as well as my [apple shortcuts](https://www.aasthavkapoor.com/appleshortcuts/) video.
3. Filmed a lot of travel content for [my other channel](https://www.youtube.com/@aasthayash2?sub%5Fconfirmation=1&ref=aasthavkapoor.com) with my partner, lots of editing to do. I am excited to get better at transitions & music & saying yes to posting content that I am uncomfortable with the world seeing like the video of a pigeon having pooped on my head ahh... l'm learning to let go, wish me luck.

## Question for you:

What is a purchase you have made in your travels that you think could have been prevented?  

> Feel free to directly reply to this email! Bye till next Friday✨   
> *4amThoughts #2*

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