CoupleofMiles

(and Why I’m Finally Writing About It)

For the last 10 years, I’ve carried my passport like a diary that is scribbled with stamps, folded with boarding passes, sometimes even stained with coffee from airport cafés. I’ve wandered through 25 countries sometimes with friends and mostly with my absolutely annoying / favorite human who also happens to be my husband. And every trip has left me with something more than just photographs.

This blog is my attempt to finally put those treasures into words. Not as guides or itineraries (you’ll find enough of those online), but as stories personal, imperfect, sometimes cosmic, sometimes downright food-obsessed. So, welcome to my travel diary ‘Couple of Miles’ – Stories of Love & Wander, One Travel at a Time. Think of it as me writing postcards from places that touched me, stories of love, wander, and a little chaos – one journey at a time.

It all began with two weeks in Leh Ladakh back in 2013, a trip that had too many firsts. My first time on a flight, my first ever long holiday with office colleagues who are now lifelong friends, my very first self-funded trip. Something shifted in me during that journey… I knew the world was so big, and I wanted to see as much of it as I could.

Through the years I have made memories be it Dubai, visiting my brother for a month (my very first international trip in 2015) or Turkey and Greece in 2016, my first trip with my then best friend, now husband.

Our Scandinavian honeymoon was truly an experience of a lifetime. A trek to Trolltunga, wandering the streets of Denmark, a cruise to Riga (a mini Vegas), the calm beauty of Sweden and Finland, and the old-town charm of Tallinn, Estonia. Three weeks of backpacking that I’ll never forget.

Since then, my husband and I have made it a tradition to travel every year. Nepal and Sri Lanka in 2019, and even during Covid, sneaking in Kalimpong and Sikkim in late 2020. In 2021, I took a self-discovering solo trip to the Andamans for my scuba certification life-changing in every sense (more on that later!).

Every journey since has carried its own magic, an Egyptian holiday with my cousins, reconnecting with a long-lost friend in Vietnam in 2022, a birthday escape to Azerbaijan in 2023, and a mother-daughter trip to Singapore and Malaysia that I’ll cherish forever. 2024 was even more special, a spiritually grounding journey to Mecca, a laughter-filled Bali getaway with friends-turned-family, and most recently, a dreamy holiday across Eastern Europe. (You get the point, right :p)

And most recently, the Masai Mara in Kenya, where the seed of this blog was planted: 10 years, 25 countries down.

Each country I’ve visited whether solo, with friends, or with my best travel buddy / husband has changed something in me. Things I can’t always put into words. Not quite, but I will try.. with a little help 😉

So, I’m finally ready to take you on an adventure through my lens. Maybe even share a few things that will make you leave a part of yourself in the places I’ve been, just as I did.

Stay tuned!

This is where I will narrate stories of Love & Wander, One Travel at a Time.