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HEY ! WELCOME TO OUR SITE. I AM DR NEHA PATNAIK (MD) FROM INDIA AND I RUN THIS BLOG WHILE WORKING IN A HOSPITAL AS A CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGIST. TRAVELLING IS MY PASSION AND MY PARTNER IN ALL TRAVEL ADVENTURES IS MY HUSBAND, DR BISWADEEP SARKAR (MD).

TOGETHER WE ARE TWO FLASHPACKERS, TRYING TO SEE ALL WE CAN IN THE LITTLE TIME THAT WE HAVE. WHY THIS NAME: BECAUSE WE ARE MID RANGE TRAVELERS WHO CAN HAPPILY STAY IN A HOSTEL TO INDULGE IN BUCKET LIST/LUXURIOUS EXPERIENCES. WE DO NOT FIT IN ANY ONE WELL DEFINED TRAVEL STYLE, SO WE CREATED OUR OWN STYLE.

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WE MET WAY BACK IN 2006 WHILE STUDYING MEDICINE IN CHINA. GOT TOGETHER IN 2009 AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY! OUR FIRST TRIP TOGETHER WAS ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER WE STARTED GOING OUT: TO THE PORT CITY OF SHENZEN. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE TAKEN NUMEROUS TRIPS TOGETHER AND OUR TASTE FOR TRAVEL HAS ONLY GROWN MORE AND MORE.

AFTER RETURNING BACK TO INDIA, HIGHER STUDIES, FAMILY COMMITMENTS AND FINANCIAL COMPULSIONS PREVENTED US FROM TRAVELLING FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT THEN IN 2015, WE VISITED BALI FOR OUR HONEYMOON AND THAT REIGNITED OUR WANDERLUST. AND THERE’S BEEN NO LOOKING BACK !

IN 2017 WE PLANNED AND UNDERTOOK OUR MOST AMBITIOUS JOURNEY YET: A 10 DAY TRIP THROUGH SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA), BANGKOK AND CHIANG MAI. I KNOW THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT OF DAYS, BUT BEING DOCTORS WE REALIZED VERY EARLY ON THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH LIMITED TRAVEL TIME. IT WAS NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO TRAVEL LONG TERM FOR UNLIMITED DAYS UNLESS WE QUIT OUR JOBS. AND WE WERE NOT READY TO DO THAT, NOT AFTER WORKING OUR ASSES OFF TO GET THAT VALUABLE M.D. DEGREE.

IT HAD TAKEN US 12 LONG AND HARD YEARS TO FINISH OUR STUDIES AND WE WERE NOT READY TO GIVE ALL THAT UP ON A WHIM. SO WE DECIDED TO BALANCE OUR CAREER AND OUR PASSION AND SEE WHERE THAT TOOK US. SO FAR SO GOOD. I ALSO REALIZED THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE LIKE US WHO LOVED TO TRAVEL BUT DID NOT WANT TO QUIT THEIR JOBS AND BECOME FULL TIME TRAVELERS. SINCE CHILDHOOD, I HAD ALWAYS LOVED WRITING SO IT WAS AN EASY DECISION FOR ME TO COMBINE MY TWIN LOVES OF TRAVELLING AND WRITING AND START A BLOG TO SHARE OUR ADVENTURES AND INSPIRE OTHERS TO TRAVEL PART TIME.

I STARTED THE BLOG IN 2018 WHEN I KNEW NOTHING. MY TECH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WERE ZERO. BUT I PERSISTED AND LEARNT WHATEVER I COULD FROM GOOGLE. I BUILT UP THE BLOG FROM SCRATCH BUT IT WAS ONLY THIS YEAR THAT I DECIDED TO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY. I WANTED TO GIVE MORE TIME, EFFORT AND ATTENTION TO THE BLOG. SO I DECIDED TO WORK FEWER HOURS AT THE HOSPITAL IN ORDER TO FOCUS ON THE BLOG AND OUR TRAVELS. THIS WAS NOT A SACRIFICE FOR ME BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON THE CREATIVE SIDE APART FROM MY WORK.

SINCE WE HAVE LIMITED TRAVEL TIME, THOSE FEW DAYS ARE VERY PRECIOUS FOR US. WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME RESEARCHING THE PLACE AND PLANNING OUR ITINERARIES AND I HONESTLY FEEL THAT WE DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH OUR TRIPS. WHILE I DO THE CREATIVE PLANNING (ITINERARIES,EXPERIENCES), BISWADEEP LOOKS AFTER THE PRACTICAL ASPECT (FLIGHTS/VISAS/ TRANSPORT). THAT’S WHY WE FEEL WE ARE PERFECTLY SUITED FOR EACH OTHER, WE DO MAKE A GREAT TEAM!

IN OUR TRIPS, WE TRY TO COMBINE A BUNCH OF POPULAR SPOTS WITH SOME OFF BEAT LOCATIONS TO HAVE A WELL ROUNDED VACATION. BEACH ESCAPES TOP OUR LIST FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY CULTURAL HOT SPOTS. OUR BLOG IS FULL OF TRAVEL GUIDES AND SHORT TERM ITINERARIES TO HELP YOU MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TRIPS. YOU CAN SKIP HOURS ONLINE AND MAKE USE OF ALL OUR RESEARCH TO PLAN YOUR PERFECT VACATION. WE GOT A BUNCH OF TRAVEL TIPS FOR YOU TOO INCLUDING TRAVEL BUDGETS.

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