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The earliest memory of my travel was swimming in the Brahmaputra river when I was maybe 5 years old in Arunachal Pradesh. Maybe a coincidence but this State located in the North East part of India also carries my name Arun! Until about mid 20s, it was all domestic travel for me before I landed in Muscat, Oman on my first foreign visit. However, it was not until 1999 when I travelled to Thailand and Singapore that the travel bug, of foreign origin, actually bit me! I still recollect working out the budget for Goa also and the calculations showed Thailand and Singapore were about the same cost! Over the years, I have given priority to taking off every year and have travelled to over 30 countries with a lot more on my bucket list.
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Quite obvious that there is still lot of grey shade in the map above. In the words of Robert Frost, there are miles to go before I sleep!