
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 outones 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
ChinaCroatiaDhaka (Bangladesh) for 3 daysEgyptIsrael and Jordon for 2-3 weeksLaos- London
- Maldives for 5 days
Swimming with Whale SharksMalaysiaPerhentian Islands
Morocco for 3 daysMyanmar for 5 daysPhilippines for 2 weeksSwimming with Whale Sharks- Portugal for 1 week
- Romania for 1 week
(volunteering only) SeychellesSri Lanka- Switzerland (Zurich only)
- Perth for 6 days
BroomeBungle Bungle RangeHorizontal FallsKalbarri National ParkKarinji National ParkPenguin IslandPink Lake (Lake Hillier)- Rottnest Island (2 days)
- Wave Rock (1 day)
India travels
- Bhubaneswar for 1 day
Himachal PradeshJaipurÂHawa MahalMubarak MahalPitam Niwas Chowk and Chandra MahalJim Corbett National Park- Kala Hasthi for 2 days
- Karnataka
Aane Gudda Trek (2.5 kilometres)AiholeAmedikallu Peak (20 kilometres)BadamiBalekallu and Kodekallu Peak (15 kilometres)BidarBijapurChannakeshava Trek (4.2 kilometres)Dhudhsagar FallsHalu Chilume Ganga Temple (5 kilometres)Kotagiri for 3 daysKudremukh (18 kilometres)Kumta to Gokarna & Mirjan FortMakalidurga (6 kilometres)Manjarabad FortMelukoteShettihalli Rosary ChruchSkandagiri night trek for 1 daySringeriYana
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 CavesKaasKhandalaKonkan Coast:BhandardaraChincholiMorachiSataraShaguna Baug
LonavlaMahabaleswarMatheran- Pune:
Aga Khan Palace (19th century)Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati temple (gold Ganesha idol)Lohagad FortPataleshwar (8th century rock cut cave temple)Shaniwar Wada (18th century Peshwa fort)- Sinhagad Fort
Tikona Fort
PhaltanSula (Nashik)Tadoba
- Meghalaya
- Mumbai for 1 day
- Kala Ghoda Art Walk
NorthEastfor 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


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Scuba diving in Neil Island | Andaman Islands

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