Travel

Anything that goes into my backpack has to earn its place there. This past year, I have lived in 6 continents, 17 countries, 7 time zones and 21 cities. All this while working a full time job, remotely. Work is my primary goal. Work is what enables me to live this life. So obviously, being connected is the center of my focus. Additionally, I am part of the Infrastructure team at BuzzFeed, which means, I have to be oncall for a week every month and be generally available 24/7, at other times. ...

Aachen Cathedral, Aachen, Germany Gateway of India, Bombay (Mumbai), India Dhobi Ghat, the biggest laundromat in the world, Bombay (Mumbai), India City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America The only double decker tram system in the world, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China Sunrise at 40,000 feet, on approach into London, United Kingdom Locks of Love, Seoul, Republic of Korea ...

With a combined population of less than 8000 - Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau are off the beaten tourist path. I will admit that not many people would crave to go there. Between getting high in Amsterdam and the beers of Belgium - it is not very uncommon for tourists to completely skip this little gem of International Co-operation. It is a situation that arose out of a land swap deal during the monarch days of Belgium and the Netherlands. Today, it is one of only few places in the world that has a complicated border. We aren’t talking about town lines or city lines or state lines - this is an international boundary. A mutually respected and internationally enforced border. And it looks something like this. ...