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Travellers | Entrepreneurs | Author-photographer duo from🇮🇳 We are a young journalist/photographer duo. Join us on our adventures :-)

We live in New Delhi & London and save our pennies to travel as often as possible. Over the past few years, we have won a number of prestigious awards for our work in the travel blogosphere, been featured on dozens of news channels, and delivered several TEDx Talks that focus on designing the life of ones dreams through passion and hard work. So far we've visited 95 countries and written about them all on our website & social media.

31/01/2025

Postcards from Zurich & everything you must do there🇨🇭⬇️

Zurich makes for the perfect base to explore Switzerland!Here are some must dos you must dos if you’re planning a short getaway or stopover in Zurich

•Spend a morning exploring the Old Town Centre, full of cobbled streets, old bridges, and Zurich’s landmarks such as Grossmunster 🧀
•Take a day trip or two! Hop onto Swiss Rail and explore nearby villages: some you must visit are Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, and Murren 🚂

•Sample Fondue and take a chocolate tour or better still hop from one chocolatier to the other independently sampling their offerings and picking the best for friends and family back home. We love Laderach but there are plenty of others lining the streets of Zurich 🍫

•Take a short cruise on Lake Zurich. This takes just a few hours but it is a great way to see different villages and towns dotting the lake and even witness Zurich from a different vantage point

•Take a tram to nowhere! Trams are a way of life for locals – hop on one and get down wherever you spot a cute café or gorgeous scenery

•If you happen to be in Zurich on the second Saturday of August, then make sure you don’t miss the Street Parade – an electronic music festival that promises a party to remember! It’s an experience like no other!

•Photograph the city from its vantage points – our favourites include Lindenhof Hill and the view at the end of 187 steps at Grossmunster

Have you been to Zurich? Or done any of these things? 🇨🇭🍫❄️

30/01/2025

Swiss core 🇨🇭🧀🧀❄️
If you have any questions about Switzerland or travelling and packing for extreme winter leave them ⬇️! We’ll definitely try and answer them 😊🇨🇭

19/01/2025

Sno much fun 🏂❄️
Every year the villages around Interlaken get ready for the biggest party of the year at the Lauberhorn Ski World Cup with ! The atmosphere is electric to say the least! Everyone is in a party mood and music is playing everywhere from the roads to the train stations to the slopes! It is our second time here and we just can’t get enough of it!

While Switzerland is stunning all year round, I absolutely love it during winters! Have you been to Switzerland during winter time? ❄️🇨🇭

18/01/2025

First flight of 2025🇨🇭✈️
Guete Morge from Switzerland - it’s ski season bébé 🎿🇨🇭

15/01/2025

The 12 best places to visit in 2025 ! Your travel calendar is here ✈️⬇️

The time at which you visit a new destination can truly make or break your trip, so make sure you plan well! Here are 12 incredible trips for 2025 along with the best months

January - Transparent rivers & gorgeous drives in Meghalaya 🇮🇳
February - affordable & visa-free winter holiday in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿
March - Iceland winter road trip for the best Northern Lights 🇮🇸
April - Japan and South Korea for cherry blossom season 🌸
May - A roadtrip in Australia 🇦🇺
June - Stunning roadtrip & nightskies in Ladakh 🇮🇳
July - offbeat Europe in Montenegro 🇲🇪
August - A culinary journey in Dijon France 🤤
September - Iconic safari in Kenya 🇰🇪
October - The bluest beaches in Seychelles 🇸🇨
November - A peaceful getaway in Bhutan 🇧🇹
December - A once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antarctica 🇦🇶

What is the one country YOU want to visit in 2025? 🌍✈️

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14/01/2025

Mumma-Vid sandwich! 😹🥪Aka the best way to start the year! This is your reminder to take some photos with your parents in 2025 💙💫

30/12/2024

2024 in 20 photos - Failure is a part of life! 😪 But so is love 🥰🕊️

We had big plans for 2023 but due to my unexpected eye surgery all our plans got shelved! Drive is the most important thing in an entrepreneur’s life and last year we lost some of it! At the beginning of 2024, we promised ourselves that we would complete those dreams 😊🤍

Here are some memorable moments from 2024 for us:

* We bought a holiday home in Dubai, an investment that’s been on our vision board for years but one that took lots of financial planning . And Vid’s parents were our first visitors before we put it on Airbnb. It was their first time visiting Dubai and their reaction was just SO precious! They’re my babies, no kidding! ☺️
* Worked tirelessly on the Bruised Passports App and can’t wait for all of you to start using it in 2025 🤳
* Continued our dream of spreading education by building a STEM lab for primary school students at a government school in Haryana. This is now the third computer and STEM lab we’ve built and it will help educate kids for years to come 🤞💻
* Tried new travel experiences (that no-door helicopter ride though! 🚁) and made some amazing travel memories as we re-visited perpetual favourites such as Australia, France, Fiji, and USA and explored some really offbeat new countries - the ones that stood out the most were Rwanda and Tonga ✈️
* At the start of the year, we turned off “likes” on our Instagram feed - not just from our posts but our instagram feed altogether! Simply because we didn’t leave the corporate rat race to get caught up in another rat race! We want our creative vision to guide us here not likes and shares! 🤍 It’s been a whole year since I saw any numbers and it’s been great. Living with intention is the MOST important thing in the world to both of us- so if any aspect of life doesn’t align with our vision, we make small changes to it 😊
* Received lots of accolades and nominations for our work. It’s truly an honour to be nominated for so many awards each year because we’ve been doing this for so long now. But if I am being completely honest, awards and lists don’t excite us at all 🏆
* What DOES excite us is community - meeting so many of you at airports, restaurants, and meet-ups in far-away lands from Australia to Uganda- always so special. I might be biased but Bruised Passports fam is the BEST 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
* And perhaps most importantly, in a world full of crumbling half-baked relationships, I’m MOST GRATEFUL to be surrounded by an incredible partner and amazing friends and family. So I’m ending this year by being most grateful for the little things because y’all know me - no matter the year, the real luxuries in life for me will ALWAYS will be time, slow mornings, good health, the freedom to have flexible work hours, and keeping the people I love as close to me as I can ☺️🤍

For there is truly NO greater joy in life than to love & be loved. Finding people who love you unconditionally is the rarest and most empowering thing of them all! It can truly turn your life around!

Sharing this story about the highs and lows of life to congratulate you if you had a good year and remind you that it’s ok if you had a year of lows (like we did last year)- a better year lies just around the corner! 😊🤍🕊️

In 2025, I hope you only go where you are treasured, that you live with Intention, and prioritise fulfilment at work and play.

Happy New Year everyone! We’ll see you all with some very exciting travels in 2025 😊🌍🤍

Ok now you go - What is the one thing you are PROUDEST of this year? Tell us so we can congratulate you too 🤗🤍
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26/12/2024

Sadya ready in Kerala 🌼🕊️
Spent our first day in Kochi eating the most scrumptious food & sightseeing - details coming up soon. And bumped into so many of you that it was a little surreal! 😊🤍

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from me & mine to you and yours 🎄❄️
I hope your week is full of lil miracles and you’re having the happiest and cosiest of holidays with your friends and family, wherever in the world you are ❣️❄️🎄🧶

23/12/2024

I’ll go to the edges of the Earth with you- quite literally 😋🌍 Penguins in Antarctica, Polar bears in the Arctic, Northern Lights in Greenland, the most stunning beaches in Bora Bora, and underwater worlds in Fiji - it’s hard to explain the feeling of witnessing the wonders of the world with the people you love by your side 🙈🌍❣️

visits some of the most unique and beautiful destinations across the world, but these are some of our personal favourites. For the next 10 days, there’s 15% off cruises for 2025/26 just for Bruised Passports readers -here is the link https://www.bruisedpassports.com/amazing-offers-bruised-passports-ponant-experiences

Which of these 5 destinations would you visit first? 🚢🌍

23/12/2024

Prepping the house for a cosy Christmas 🎄🧶🎁
This is the year we’ve had to put air purifiers everywhere due to the crazy AQI levels and my asthma! But we’ve put the biggest one, Big+Quiet, in our living room because it’s meant for large spaces and this is where we’re spending all our time watching Christmas films ofc! I LOVE seeing y’all rewatch my favourite Christmas films after I left a list on our stories the other day 🎄🎅🏻📺

Are you suffering due to the crazy AQI levels too? How are you celebrating the last week of the year? 🎄🎅🏻📺🧶

20/12/2024

12 beautiful words for the cosiest time of the year🎄💌 And if you want to Hurkle Durkle a little or a lot while watching Christmas movies this weekend, we wont judge - ‘Tis the season to hibernate 🤭🎄📺

I hope your December is full of little miracles and fun times with your loved ones. Tell us - how are you spending the last 2 weeks of the year? 😊💌

19/12/2024

What’s the 1 new place YOU visited this year? 😊✈️

15/12/2024

15 portraits of Savi from 2024 - an annual year-end ritual for our feed! One that I always look forward to 📅😊

This year’s photos are from France (as always!) but also Australia, Dubai, French Polynesia, our house, Rajasthan, Maharashtra’s mango farms, and beyond….! A lot of you always remember the exact locations better than me 😅✈️🌍 And ofc photo number 10 features Savi in her natural habitat 😂😆

1-15 which one is your favourite? 📸

Hope you’re also wrapping up the year by thinking of your anchors in life - the ones that make your world go round! Happy Holidays everyone 😇🎄

10/12/2024

The beauty of Bhutan in December 🤌❄️
Visa free and a short direct flight away, Bhutan is truly a joy to explore! From the moment we landed till the moment we left, I was left marvelling at the sheer stature of the landscapes, the peace of the surrounding, and the happiness on the faces of Bhutanese people! It is one of the few carbon negative places in the world & definitely one to visit 😊💫

Here are a few things to do in Bhutan that you MUST not miss:
* Tiger’s Nest Hike
* Trying your hand at archery
* Sampling Bhutanese cuisine and local spirits
* Dochula Pass
* Breakfast with monks
* Attending a techshu (local festival)
* Visiting iconic 52-meter-tall Buddha Dordenma
* An evening at a local Karaoke bar
* Healing Dotsho bath with hot stones
* Exploring Punakha Dzong

Detailed guide on our website as always 😊💫 Have you been to Bhutan or is it on your wishlist?

06/12/2024

An affordable & visa-free winter getaway ✈️🎄❄️
Almaty in Kazakhstan is just a 3 hour flight from India and it’s a truly unique city – a bustling urban metropolis surrounded by the most gorgeous mountains and turquoise blue lakes on all sides 🤭💙

Its intense scenic beauty, coupled with the fact that Kazakhstan offers visa-free entry to Indians, makes it ideal for the perfect city break if you have just 4 days.

There’s a detailed guide on our website as always. This travel guide includes ALL the essentials from flights to visa to the travel apps you need when you plan a trip to Almaty, Kazakhstan so do read before visiting !!! Are you a winter baby too? 😊✈️

04/12/2024

Beach bubble to work bubble 🫧 At the offices to conduct a workshop on all things content creation (and we met so many of you too 😊). We’ve been doing this for over 10 years now & when I tell you we have some wisdom to share about the industry 😋👩‍💻

03/12/2024

Someone pinch me! 🥹🧡Dinner date of dreams in Bora Bora, on our floating home in the Pacific 🥂🍽️

We spent our last night onboard having a dinner under the stars on Ponant ’s Le Paul Gaugin! With the ocean, sunset, and way too many desserts for company…. 🚢😋 Some trips manage to ignite your mind and your emotions & being on these little islands - practically dots in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - did just that! 🌍💙

Slowly exploring the South Pacific islands this month was a reminder that travel can be educational and inspirational all at once - an unforgettable month for sure! Going back with memories to last a lifetime! ☺️💙

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