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How to plan for a trip to Antarctica

How to plan for a trip to Antarctica

After deliberating for a couple of years, I finally decided to visit Antarctica in December 2018. Visiting Antarctica had been a childhood dream of mine, and I wanted to make the most of my visit to the frozen continent. It was very likely that this could be my only visit, at least in the short term. I was overwhelmed when I first started searching the plethora of options available. Hopefully, this would help you in narrowing down on how to…

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Traveling to Cuba with an Indian passport

Traveling to Cuba with an Indian passport

Ever since I returned from Cuba, quite a few people have messaged me asking for details around how to travel to Cuba with an Indian passport. I hope this post will be helpful if you are planning your travel to Cuba. It’s always advisable to check the latest on visa policies, but at the time of writing this is accurate. Getting a tourist card to Cuba Essentially, anyone can visit Cuba without having to apply for a visa. You do,…

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Border crossing from Peru to Bolivia: Indian Passport holders

Border crossing from Peru to Bolivia: Indian Passport holders

If you are reading this, you may very well know that having an Indian passport doesn’t lend you with much of a privilege while crossing international borders. The number of visa forms that I must have filed is a testimony to that. While I was in Peru, I decided on whim to enter Bolivia for a few days. Visa on arrival wasn’t an option, so I started searching for Bolivian consulates along my route. I had couple of options: the…

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