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Travelogues: Travels
These are the countries I’ve visited till January 2013:
ASIA – Malaysia | Nepal | Singapore (lived) | China | Japan | Thailand | Hong Kong | India (born) | Philippines
EUROPE – France | Russia
NORTH AMERICA – Canada | USA (live)
PACIFIC – New Zealand
Am yet to travel to any country in Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and South America.
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Sep 77-Jul 95 | Based in Gangtok. Born and brought up, schooling |  India |
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Gangtok |
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Sep 77-Jul 95 | Home-town, winters in Mangan, NCC camp at Namchi, other short trips | India |
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Gangtok, Ganesh Tok, Hanuman Tok, Ranipul, Singtam, Saramsah, Rumtek, Pakiyong, Rangpo, Mangan, Dzongu, Singhik, Jorethang, Namchi |
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Many winter months spent in Kalimpong over the years |  |
Kalimpong, Siliguri, Darjeeling | ||
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Short trips |  Nepal |
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Kakarbhita, Dhulabari, Pashupati | |
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1979 | Taken by my parents for a first haircut when I was really small | India |
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Churu, Taranagar, Jaipur, Gudgaon |
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1986 | To Kamakhya, Guwahati with Ma, Dad and Gopal | India |
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Guwahati |
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1989 | With Ma, Dad and Tai. Had a pre-Kumbh bath at Allahabad | India |
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Allahabad, Delhi, Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra, Surat |
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1990 | Entire family trip – parents, 3 sisters and Gopal. Ajay daju joined us in Delhi. Stones hurled on train near Kanpur during return trip | India |
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Mathura, Vrindavan, Agra, Delhi |
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1991 | TNA Silver Jubilee Trek, Class IX | India |
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Singtam, Khacheopelri, Gyelshing |
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Dec 91 – Jan 92 | Trip with Anita didi and her college friends (Leena didi, Sanu, etc.). First of many trips to Calcutta | India |
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Bangalore, Puttaparthi, Panaji, Calcutta (Kolkata) |
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27 Jan – 3 Feb 92 | Eastern India Science Fair | India |
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Calcutta (Kolkata) |
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Jun 94 | Brilliant Tutorials Contact Programme | India |
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Patna |
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1994 | Class XII week-long trek to 4,200m | India |
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Yuksam, Tshoka, DZongri |
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Apr 95 | Prefects’ Tour to Rajasthan | India |
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Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ajmer, Pushkar, Chittorgadh, Delhi |
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May – Jun 95 | Trip for DCE exam / BIT Mesra exams. In train with Kamal, Sulakshna and Anita Marwah during onward journey. | India |
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Delhi |
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Jun 95 | For SIA/NOL Scholarship test and passport | India |
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Kolkata |
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Jul 95 – Jun 09 | Based in Singapore. NTU/ working/ NUS years |  Singapore |
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Singapore |
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8 Jul 95 – Mar 04 | Visited sites on the island over the years | Singapore |
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Singapore, Sentosa, Sunghei Buloh Nature Reserve |
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11 Nov 95 – 7 Jan 96 | First trip back home after coming to Singapore (at the end of Year 1 Semester 1) | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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6 Nov 96 – 4 Jan 97 | Trip before IA (end of Year 2 Semester 1). Was home for Diwali. | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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Dec 96 | With Ma, Dad and Sunita. Met Rama Chachi in Vrindavan. Met Sanjog and Siddhartha in Delhi | |
Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandgaon, Barsana, Gokul, Govardhan, Churu, Jaipur, Taranagar, Delhi | |
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6 – 11 Feb 97 | First trip to Malaysia with Prateek, Ujval, Sampath, Madhavan and Ashwin |  Malaysia |
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Kuala Lumpur, Genting, Alor Setar, Kuala Perlis, Pulao Langkawi |
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21 – 23 Feb 97 | With Prateek, Ken and Jun |  |
Melaka (Malacca) | |
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2 Mar 97 | With Ujval |  |
Johore Bahru | |
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13 Jul – early Aug 97 | Short trip after IA (Year 2 Semester 2) | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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13 May – 12 Jul 98 | Long holiday after Year 3 Semester 2 – visit to Nepal and Prateek’s and Rahul’s Sikkim trip | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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Jun 98 | Neelu’s wedding | Nepal |
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Biratnagar |
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Jun 98 | With Prateek and Rahul during their trip to Sikkim | India |
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Siliguri, Gangtok, Tinjore trek, Rumtek, Changu, Nathula, Darjeeling |
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29 May – 2 Jun 99 | First trip after graduation |  Thailand |
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Bangkok |
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2 Jun – 17 Jul 99 | Home for Sunita’s wedding preparations. This trip was on a free ticket by MOE | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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Jul 99 | Sunita’s wedding on 10 Jul | Nepal |
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Biratnagar |
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7 – 10 Aug 99 | With Prateek, Ujval, Vasu, Parimal, Rahul, Sachin, Rohit, Pallavi –Never touch corals! | Malaysia |
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Pulao Tioman, Mersing, Kuantan |
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3 – 4 Sep 99 | JB shopping trip | Malaysia |
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Johore Bahru |
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26 Jan 00 | JB trip to make bookings for Pinang trip | Malaysia |
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Johore Bahru |
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4- 8 Feb 00 | Pinang and Cameron Highlands trip with Pawan, Ravi, Karthik | Malaysia |
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Georgetown, Pulao Pinang, Ipoh, Cameron Highlands |
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8 – 30 Apr 00 | Short trip for Ajay daju’s planned engagement during MediaRing days. Hospitalised with Typhoid right after my return | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Kalimpong |
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23 – 25 Sep 00 | With Pawan, Ravi, Karthik, Balaji, Prasad | Thailand |
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Phuket, Phi Phi |
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2000 | With Pawan, Ravi, Karthik, Vijay | Singapore |
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Kusu and St Johns Island |
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19 Jan – 17 Feb 01 | Unexpected trip to Patna for Pallavi’s wedding on 21 Jan. Ajay daju’s wedding in Kalimpong on 29 Jan. Proposed to Archana on the way back | India |
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Patna, Gangtok, Kalimpong, Siliguri, Kolkata |
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12 – 14 Apr 01 | Stopover en route to US. Parimal and Pranay showed me around |  China |
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Hong Kong |
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14 Apr – 9 Jul 01 | US stay during innova days |  USA |
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San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, Bay Area |
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21 Jul – 24 Sep 01 | Innova days in US. Sept 11 attacks at World Trade Centre in New York. | USA |
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San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, Bay Area |
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With Xiang, Xue Ping, Liang, Debashis and Swati | USA |
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Bay Area, Lake Tahoe, Reno | |
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26 Sep 01 – 10 Feb 02 | Innova Hyderabad days – Ma, Dad, Anita didi came. Later Sunita, Dinesh Mamaji, Mami, Ashok, Gayatri Mousi, Mousaji joined. Ma stayed with me from 18 Nov 01 – 18 Jan 02 Met Ujval’s parents in Chennai |
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Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad |
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Surprise on my birthday to Archana. Short 2 1/2 days trip to Gangtok | |
Kolkata, Siliguri, Kalimpong, Gangtok | ||
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Dec 01-Jan 02 | South Temple Trip with Ma, Dad and Anita didi. Ma and Dad had had their surgeries 2 weeks before |  |
Hyderabad, Tirupati, Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, Madurai, Kumbhakonam, Pondicherry, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram, Vaidyisharan, Chidambaram, Suchindram, Nagarkoil, Thiruvananthapuram, Kovulam, Chennai | |
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Jan 02 | With Ma, Sunita, Dinesh Mamaji, Mami, Ashok, Gayatri Mousi, Mousaji |  |
Nagarjunasagar, Nagarjunakonda, Sri Shailam, Puttaparthi | |
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2 – 3 Feb 02 | Trip for first meeting with Archana’s parents. Visited Mahabalipuram with Renu Mousi’s bhanja Vivek the next day |  |
Chennai, Mahabalipuram | |
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12 – 14 Jul 02 | With Prateek and Rahul | Malaysia |
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Mt Ophir |
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8 – 12 Aug 2002 | With Harshad, Sai and Tushar | Malaysia |
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Kuala Lumpur, Tasik Kenyir, Kuala Terangganu |
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30 Sep – 5 Oct 2002 | Represented HeliXense in BioMalaysia Oct 1-4, KL | Malaysia |
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Kuala Lumpur |
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30 Nov 02 – 2 Jan 03 | Trip after quitting HeliXense. My engagement with Archana in Gangtok on 9 Dec . Gopal’s wedding on 13 Dec in Siliguri | India |
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Kolkata, Gangtok, Siliguri, Kalimpong |
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20 Jun – 4 Aug 03 | Business trip from GDC for Digital Cinema Server setup across Indian theatres. Day trip to Surat during strike in Mumbai. Met Archana, Ma, Anita didi, Gopal and Suman bhabhi in Kolkata. |
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Mumbai (Bombay), Nagpur, Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Panchgani, Wai, Pen, Barshi, Bhopal, Indore, Chattarpur, Khajuraho, Surat, Kolkata |
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16 Sep – 15 Nov 03 | GDC business trip, ShowEast, 29 Sep – 2 Oct, Trip to Texas Instruments | USA |
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Los Angeles, Orlando, Dallas |
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30 Nov – 18 Dec 03 | Wedding trip. Married to Archana on 8 Dec at the Elephant Mansion, Deorali, Gangtok | India |
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Kolkata, Siliguri, Gangtok, Darjeeling, Kalimpong |
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18 – 22 Mar 04 | First post-marriage trip with Archana | Malaysia |
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Pulao Tioman, Kuala Lumpur |
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Jul 09 – present | Based in USA. Life in Simmons | USA |
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New York, Boston |
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Aug 09 – Jun 10 | Shuttling each week between New York City and Boston | USA |
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Bronx, NY; Boston, MA |
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19-20 Mar 10 | Our weekend trip to New Vrindavan with Rebanta | USA |
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Near Moundsville / Wheeling, West Virginia |
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20-26 Oct 10 | ODI Workshop and ASIS&T 2010 | USA |
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MO – Columbia, St. Louis?; PA – Pittsburgh |
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8-11 Feb 2011 | iConference 2011 trip | USA |
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Seattle, Washington |
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24 – 28 May 11 | Trip with Archana and Eesha – Disney Magic Kingdom, Seaworld Aquatica and Universal Studios | USA |
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Orlando, Florida |
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31 Dec 11 – 19 Jan 12 | Annual India trip with Archana and Eesha | India |
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Gurgaon, Vrindavan, Nand Gaon, Barsana, Govardhan, Gangtok, Darjeeling, Samdruptse, Char Dham, Delhi |
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30 Jul – 5 Aug 12 | Ottawa trip for Naresh’s visa stamping. Time spent with Mousi, Mousaji, Sweta and Rounak. |  Canada |
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Ottawa, Ontario |
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25 – 31 Oct 12 | ASIS&T 2012 with Archana and Eesha. Received Cretsos award. Hurricane Sandy came and went. | USA |
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Baltimore, Maryland |
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18 – 20 Dec 12 | New York trip for Archana’s passport renewal. Visited MET and JC Penney. | USA |
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New York City |