Lao Tzu wisely said that “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. Well, mine began with this blog on January 22, 2012, as a simple journal to chronicle my travels, that has today grown to become an essential part of my life.
So, whose ME?
I am Snigdha, a banker by profession based out of Mumbai, India. While I love to talk, eat, read, write, make crafty’ things, hang out with friends, etc – “my ultimate thing or passion” is traveling….
Given a choice I would love to live out of a suitcase, but I have loans to pay and a full-time job to take care of them. I do however manage to take enough time off work to travel and catch a decent glimpse of any city I travel to (for work). 🙂
My travel philosophy is – always travel budget, yet be comfortable and I believe that there is no place that cannot be visited because it’s too expensive. I have lived by this motto and managed to travel extensively in India and 31 other countries across Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and USA!
After-all, traveling budget means you get to visit many more places in the same budget! 🙂
My endeavor is to visit at least 2 new countries and 2 new places in India every year. I set travel targets for each year and you can read more on my travel targets for 2014 here. 🙂
Here is a little more about MYSELF and my quirks on travel –
The obsessive planner – I love travel planning and can search through countless articles on the Internet, zillion travel books, plan little details and go over it ‘n’ number of times, any time during the day or night! This naturally makes travel guides and travel related books my favorites!
Travel at every possible opportunity – I am always on the lookout for adding in a holiday or a quick trip whenever possible. The holiday list is my most awaited object in Dec- Jan and once my HR circulates this, the next 10-15 days are very busy with mapping out broad options / destinations for all long weekends. Since I also travel a fair bit for work, I always extend work trips over the weekend and am now a pro at getting the most out of any place in the least amount of time available.
Perks of the obsession – With all this planning, I often get to ‘transport’ myself to another place twice – once when I am reading about it and the second time when I actually visit it 🙂
With this, I also end up planning the travel and itineraries for my family and friends, thanks to which I get to call myself ‘a travel consultant’ (way more glamorous than a banker!).
Slip-ups of the obsessive mind – I believe the best way to see a place is to first aimlessly walk around for a couple of hours to get familiar, before I ‘get set and go’! I call it my ice-breaker with a new city 🙂
I also travel with an open mind as this helps me meet with new & interesting people, experience places like a local and discover many exciting things / unusual places and not fuss much over non-availability of vegetarian food sometimes!
Lastly, my travel companion is usually my sister, which limits my freedom, but she makes up for it with her eccentricity! Also, it has made me realize that we’re more like-minded than I ever knew and (best part!) we never get home-sick! 🙂
What’s JAIN?
Jain is a community of Indians, staunch vegetarians that do not eat any form of meat, sea food and eggs (though I am now a vegetarian more out of choice than religion). While this makes finding food pretty tough sometimes; the growing vegetarian / vegan cult works to my advantage and I’ve managed to even experiment with some local cuisines. After numerous trials and errors, I now have my checklist of the right questions to ask in any restaurant/cafe and I’ve also figured my own art of scanning menus! 🙂
So join me on this journey as I pack my backpack, tighten up those shoe laces and ‘GET SET AND GO’.
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Updated this post in November 2019.
Brilliant blog!
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Thanks 😊
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Hey, thanks for the Like on my blog worldtravellerin.wordpress.com/
Your blog looks fully packed of useful and interesting information – I will stay tuned!
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Thanks Lisa and happy travels 😊
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I am constantly inspired by your passion for budget travel all around the world – thank you so much for sharing your adventures and tips. I loved your recent photo essays so much I’ve nominated you for the Bloggers Recognition Award – more information at https://aikaite.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/bloggers-recognition-award/
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Thanks a ton for the kind words and the awards… I shall write the thank you post at the earliest 🙂
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Hi Snigdha,
This is Saul at GPSmyCity, a publisher of travel apps on iTunes App Store and Google Play. We have reviewed your blog and are interested in working with you to convert some of your blog posts into mobile apps so they can be monetized on iTunes App Store and Google Play. There is no cost to you – we work with blogger on a revenue share basis.
If you wish to learn more about this opportunity, please reply to my email so I will send you additional information.
Best regards,
Saul Tarasoff
GPSmyCity.com
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Wow!!! highly inspiring!!!!! you n your blogs,,,,,need to learn lot from you. Stay blessed
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Thanks so much for the kind words 🙂
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Like you, I love doing the research – it’s almost as good as going there!
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I know…do you make complex exel sheets too?
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Ha ha, nope, I draw the line at excel sheets. I just pore over books and the internet.
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😂😂😂
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Beautifully Written!! Will learn a lot from you 🙂
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Thanks so much for the kind words 🙂 Look forward to following your journey too..
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Just checked out your blog and I love everything about it! I’m
excited to go on your travels with you 🙂
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Thanks so much for visiting my blog and the kind words… You made my day today and looking forward to sharing my travel stories with you 🙂
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I am very glad! I will be on the lookout for more of your blogs:)
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Thanks so much 🙂
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Same travel habits here🙂🙂🙂
All the best Snigdha!
Christie
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Thanks Christie.. So good to e-meet people with similar travel styles 🙂 Happy travels 🙂
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Your attention to detail in your posts is impressive. Anyone wishing to make travel plans on their own would be well-served by them.
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Thanks so much for the kinds words… Made my day 🙂
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Love that you’re all about traveling and budgeting– like me! Also love what you said about not buying into the idea that travel has to be expensive.
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Thanks for visiting my blog and it’s so good to meet more like minded travelers… Happy travels 🙂
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