Through Instagram, he reached out to the individuals who could help him create high-quality videos for his channel. “I was 24 at the time and I decided to take my chances,” says Bhandari. So he decided to give the same name to his YouTube channel as his Facebook page. The project, in a way, was an extension of his Facebook page where he used to post images of Nepal. In 2018, Bhandari decided to quit his full-time job at the agency and start producing travel videos and post them on YouTube. “At the ad agency, I learned a lot about advertising and sponsorship,” says Bhandari. After working there for a couple of years, he was hired by an advertising agency. But since he had a deep interest in nature and traveling, he got a job at a travel agency. He had no clue what he would do in the capital city. “At home, I used a small Nokia phone to post the photos.”īhandari was 18 when he moved to Kathmandu. 'I remember going to cyber cafes just to upload the pictures of Nepal on the page,” says Bhandari. The page was also called ‘Nepal’ 8th wonder of the world.

It was around this time Bhandari also had an idea of starting a page solely dedicated to posting pictures of places of Nepal, clicked by different travelers under the #Nepal8thwonderoftheworld. He used to run various Facebook pages that mainly created and posted memes. In his high school years, he was active on social media. Though he always had an interest in nature, he says he never thought of becoming a video creator one day. He grew up watching nature and travel documentaries on the Discovery channel. “The channel is dedicated to promoting popular as well as hidden beauty spots of Nepal,” says Bhandari.īhandari was born in Pathari Shanischare of Morang district. The videos are then uploaded on the YouTube channel, ‘Nepal’ 8th wonder of the world. He visits different parts of Nepal with his team, making informational and entertaining content about places and their journey. Little did he know that one day he would be traveling to the places he had mentioned in his essay.īhandari, now 28, is a full-time video content creator and travel vlogger. In his piece, Bhandari extolled Nepal's mighty mountains, pristine lakes and awe-inspiring nature. For school assignment, his English teacher had asked the class to write an essay about Visit Nepal Year 2011. The year was 2011 and Hemanta Bhandari was a 11th grade student.

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