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Kaushal Karkhanis aka Exotic Gringo - travel blogger from India

Hello, fellow explorer!

I'm Kaushal, a wayfaring digital nomad who started traveling in 2007 while choosing to shuttle between Goa and Mumbai.

One year later, an epic life-changing 6-month long trip to South America gave birth to this blog, Exotic Gringo.

More info about me!

Currently in: Mumbai
Going next: Goa

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Solo, slow traveler from India 🇮🇳
🌎 11 months across #SouthAmerica
🎉 #TravelBlogger since 2009
👉 Same ID on YouTube, TikTok & Twitter

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Two years since Maldives already!! Landed up visiting the stunning island nation with a promo airfare on SriLankan for just Rs. 14K via Colombo, AND getting upgraded to Business Class 😁 definitely one of the most amazing serendipitous experiences ever.

Chose to explore the lesser visited Addu Atoll in southern Maldives because of the promo and actually fell in love with the place for its chilled out life, great food and needless to say... World class beaches!

Link in bio for my Maldives vlog.

#travel #ExoticGringoInMaldives #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #island #islandlife #AdduCity #AdduAtoll

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Dear Australia, I don't know how to help but I miss you dearly and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers as your bush fires rage on. 😑🙏🇦🇺 Promise to revisit soonest I can, and hoping that the next spring will be normal and by 'normal' I mean this stunning (took this photo at #Floriade in #Canberra October of 2017)

#travel #Australia #flySQ #SingaporeAirlines #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInAustralia #thisCanberranLife #OutInCanberra #CanberraLocals #weareCBR

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2019, thanks for changing my opinion about mango sticky rice!

#throwback to this day last year, where I brought in the new year in one of my favorite cities in the whole world... #Bangkok, savoring some of its best street food, living near the Khao San Road.

Where are you bringing in the new year AND the new decade?! 😁

Wherever you are... Shine on, travel on!

#travel #Thailand #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInThailand #mangostickyrice

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Over the past decade, I've spent 11 months in South America exploring Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Argentina & Chile!

Living like a local, picking up Portuguese and Spanish, learning salsa and forro, Couchsurfing and making friends for life, winning a trip to Colombia in 2014 and this year... getting paid to lead a trip of 27 Indians over 23 days across 4 countries in South America! 📢 Next weekend in Mumbai, I'm hosting a casual meet at Khar @godoolally to discuss all things South America and help YOU plan your trip there!

Free and open to all.

4th Jan, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Khar Doolally (near station)
RSVP: Link in bio. 🇧🇷 Don't forget to pick up the January 2020 issue of Lonely Planet Magazine for a detailed story about Brazil, by yours truly!

#travel #SouthAmerica #Argentina #ElCalafate #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #glacier #peritomoreno #Mumbaievents

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So much to be grateful for, about 2019 when it comes to travel!⁣⁣
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But first things first... Happy holidays and a happy new year to you and your family 😊⁣⁣
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🇹🇭 Started the year in Bangkok, spending a whole month in the city. Deets at http://b.link/bangkok⁣⁣
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🇧🇷 🇵🇪 🇨🇱 🇦🇷 Returned to my favorite continent after 5 years, upping the game by leading a tour group of 27 Indians over 23 days across 4 countries!⁣⁣
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🏜 Jaipur with mom 🏖 2 weeks in my favorite place in the whole world... Goa!⁣⁣
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🏙 As always, continued my #BackyardTourism and explored more of my hike city... Mumbai in different ways!⁣⁣
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💼... all this besides work trips to Hyderabad & Rajasthan and attending my friends' wedding in Chennai!⁣⁣
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We did good, 2019... Looking forward to more adventuring and more meaningful travel in 2020.⁣⁣
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Quality over quantity, longer trips over short visits. 🙏⁣⁣
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Thank you, universe!⁣⁣
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#2019Best9 #2019BestNine #travel #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #yir #yearinreview

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Sunsets in Rajasthan are always... one better than the other! I have to say this one will remain one of my favorite ones of 2019! 😊

#travel #India #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInIndia #Rajasthan #jaanekyadikhjaaye #RangeeloRajasthan #sunset #Khimsar #dunes #sanddunes

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Rajasthan never ceases to impress me! This man made oasis in Khimsar is an interesting place, re-desertifying lands that were greened via irrigation via the Indira Gandhi canal.

An oasis within an artificial desert within a greened desert. Desert-ception!

#travel #India #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInIndia #Rajasthan #jaanekyadikhjaaye #RangeeloRajasthan #oasis #Khimsar

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Always wonderful to be back in Rajasthan - this time I'm road tripping with a SUV owners' club on assignment for a story, making great memories with some wonderful people as we explore the wonders of #RangeeloRajasthan

We started from Dilli on the 29th, making our way from Mandhawa to Bikaner and just reached Jaisalmer.

Looking forward to the onward journey as much as I'm enjoying returning to #Jaisalmer after 3 years!

#travel #India #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInIndia #Rajasthan #jaanekyadikhjaaye #camel #camels

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Where are you planning to travel to, in 2020?! 😊 I'm going to start making plans this weekend. Any ideas?

My current wishlist:
🇮🇳 Himachal & North east India, Orissa
🇩🇪 Germany, 🗾 Japan, 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇮🇩 Bali 📸 Somewhere between Goa and Chennai, last week.

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Right from the moment I stepped in Goa this year, I've been pleasantly surprised with how much it has finally gotten digital!

The Goa Miles app supported by the government helped me book a cab from the airport to Vagator.

Used UPI to pay for my stay.

Paid with my credit card for most transactions, including buying supplies, coffee, food etc.

Finally, when I exhausted my credit card limit, I was even able to use my awesome @go_niyo Travel Card which had some unused balance from my South America trip, without the hassle of converting it back to Rupees from its forex value.

Although this is a sponsored post, trust me when I say that NiYo has been the best travel card I've used ever! 😊

It's even saved me from some embarrassing moments when my Credit and Debit cards failed me in Brazil

#travel #worldtravel #travelcard #travelblogger #indiantravelblogger #ExoticGringoInIndia #ExoticGringoInGoa #agonda #agondabeach #GoaTrippers #sponsored #promoted

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