in there were vignettes of the man , traveling through different countries , trekking through different terrains , some with friends , others alone , some funny like the one in which he was pretending to lift a heavy boulder , some poignant like the one where he stood teary-eyed as he stared at the vast expanse of the arabian sea in front of him , each of these pictures seemed to have some interesting story behind it , and seeing them vikram felt both fascinated as well as a little remorseful .