Career Break 2019 - 2020

Category: Career Break 2019 – 2020

This was a mini-break (sabbatical or career break whatever you may call it) I took, which was only for 5 months. This was only to experiment with how I would react when I didn’t have a job, which has never happened in the past 14 years of my career. I did have a list of things I wanted to do during this break.

I re-worked on my list many times for my career break/sabbatical. But plans changed and it was constantly changing even till the last few weeks. I had a few things initially, about 7 months before that break and at the end, it changed completely to a different list. I booked, cancelled, re-booked and cancelled the flight tickets again and again.

However, below is the list of places I managed to cover during my career break/sabbatical:

~~Striked out~~ ones in the list indicate the places I cancelled during my planning.
Other ones in the list indicate the places I travelled to.

Note: I was based out of Bangalore during my break.

International travels

Bhutan for 7 days
~~China~~
~~Croatia~~
~~Dhaka (Bangladesh) for 3 days~~
~~Egypt~~
~~Israel and Jordon for 2-3 weeks~~
~~Laos~~
London
Maldives for 5 days
~~Swimming with Whale Sharks~~
~~Malaysia~~
- ~~Perhentian Islands~~
~~Morocco for 3 days~~
~~Myanmar for 5 days~~
~~Philippines for 2 weeksSwimming with Whale Sharks~~
Portugal for 1 week
Romania for 1 week ~~(volunteering only)~~
~~Seychelles~~
~~Sri Lanka~~
Switzerland (Zurich only)
Perth for 6 days
~~Broome~~
~~Bungle Bungle Range~~
~~Horizontal Falls~~
~~Kalbarri National ParkKarinji National ParkPenguin IslandPink Lake (Lake Hillier)~~
- Rottnest Island (2 days)
- Wave Rock (1 day)

India travels

Bhubaneswar for 1 day
~~Himachal Pradesh~~
~~Jaipur~~ ~~Hawa MahalMubarak MahalPitam Niwas Chowk and Chandra Mahal~~
~~Jim Corbett National Park~~
Kala Hasthi for 2 days
Karnataka
~~Aane Gudda Trek (2.5 kilometres)~~
- ~~Aihole~~
- ~~Amedikallu Peak (20 kilometres)~~
- ~~Badami~~
- ~~Balekallu and Kodekallu Peak (15 kilometres)~~
- ~~Bidar~~
- ~~Bijapur~~
- ~~Channakeshava Trek (4.2 kilometres)~~
- ~~Dhudhsagar Falls~~
- ~~Halu Chilume Ganga Temple (5 kilometres)~~
- Kotagiri for 3 days
- ~~Kudremukh (18 kilometres)~~
- ~~Kumta to Gokarna & Mirjan Fort~~
- ~~Makalidurga (6 kilometres)~~
- ~~Manjarabad Fort~~
- ~~Melukote~~
- ~~Shettihalli Rosary Chruch~~
- Skandagiri night trek for 1 day
- ~~Sringeri~~
- ~~Yana~~
Kedarkanta Trek for 8 days
Kochi for 1 day
~~LakshadweepDiving~~
Lucknow for 1 day
Taste Lucknow biryani
- Buy the jhumkas from Lucknow
Maharashtra for 10 days
- Ajanta and Ellora Caves
- ~~Kaas~~
- ~~Khandala~~
- ~~Konkan Coast:~~
  - ~~Bhandardara~~
  - ~~Chincholi~~
  - ~~Morachi~~
  - ~~Satara~~
  - ~~Shaguna Baug~~
- ~~Lonavla~~
- ~~Mahabaleswar~~
- ~~Matheran~~
- Pune:
  - ~~Aga Khan Palace (19th century)~~
  - ~~Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple (gold Ganesha idol)~~
  - ~~Lohagad Fort~~
  - ~~Pataleshwar (8th century rock cut cave temple)~~
  - ~~Shaniwar Wada (18th century Peshwa fort)~~
  - Sinhagad Fort
  - ~~Tikona Fort~~
- ~~Phaltan~~
- ~~Sula (Nashik)~~
- ~~Tadoba~~
Meghalaya
Mumbai for 1 day
- Kala Ghoda Art Walk
~~North~~ ~~East~~ ~~for 10 days Circuit in Zero Dirang Dzouku Valley Trek Hornbill festival in Nagaland Kaziranga Majuli Meghalaya Tawang~~
Varanasi for 3 days
Vishakapatnam for 1 day