Routes
Where the route actually cost what, and how it actually went.
Not another top-10 list. Real visa timelines, real cash-vs-card friction, real vegetarian-on-a-Thursday problem solving.
Abroad 15
India
Not another top-10 list. Real visa timelines, real cash-vs-card friction, real vegetarian-on-a-Thursday problem solving.
Every trip, at a glance — chronological, with what's actually confirmed vs. still thin.
| Code | Country | When | Days | Visa | Mobile | |
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CN | China | 2016 | 24 | Embassy | +86 |
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ID | Indonesia | 2018 | 5 | Visa on Arrival | +62 |
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MY | Malaysia | 2018 | 1 | No Visa Required | +60 |
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BW | Botswana | 2022 | 9 | E-Visa | +267 |
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NA | Namibia | 2022 | 17 | Embassy | +264 |
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ZM | Zambia | 2022 | 23 | E-Visa | +260 |
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TZ | Tanzania | 2022 | 9 | E-Visa | +255 |
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LK | Sri Lanka | 2023 | 1 | Visa-on-Arrival | +94 |
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KH | Cambodia | 2023 | 4 | E-Visa | +855 |
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TH | Thailand | 2023 | 30 | No Visa Required | +66 |
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LA | Laos | 2023 | 9 | E-Visa | +856 |
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VN | Vietnam | 2023 | 16 | E-Visa | +84 |
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NP | Nepal | 2024 | 12 | No Visa Required | +977 |
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UZ | Uzbekistan | 2026 | 51 | E-Visa | +998 |
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KZ | Kazakhstan | 2023 2026 |
25 | Visa Free for 14 days | +7 |
The overlanding leg of the 2022 Africa trip — after Zambia, before Namibia.
A four-day side trip from Thailand to see Angkor Wat and Phnom Penh.
The first country. Three-plus weeks crossing China on an invitation from my brother, studying medicine there — Beijing to Chengdu, mostly by bullet train.
A family trip — parents, brother, and his friends — through Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali, with a birthday and an anniversary celebrated along the way.
A visa-run turned into horse riding lessons, a Georgian restaurant you'll keep going back to, and Almaty's mountain-backed calm after the Uzbek desert heat.
Crossed from Thailand via the Nong Khai border, closing out the 2023 Southeast Asia leg before heading into Vietnam.
A same-day stop in Kuala Lumpur on the way back from the Indonesia family trip — entry and exit both stamped the same date.
The final stop of the 2022 Africa leg — a visa arranged in person at the embassy in Delhi before departure, unlike the e-visas used elsewhere on this trip.
No visa, no passport — entered on an Aadhar card alone. Pokhara, a high-altitude lake trek, and Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace.
An 8-hour-plus layover turned into an actual visit, on the way to Thailand.
The Kilimanjaro climb — six days on the Machame route, ending at Uhuru Peak, the roof of Africa.
Almost a month based here, with a Cambodia detour splitting it into two separate stays.
Bukhara’s living old town, Khiva’s walled inner city, a marathon across a vanished sea, and a visa clock that ran out mid-trip — resolved with a Kazakhstan detour, laid out below place by place with exact costs and every practical detail.
An overland border crossing from Laos by bus, closing out the 2023 Southeast Asia run before flying home from Hanoi.
The start of an African leg — an invitation from Dr. Nkandu, who's become like a brother, connected through my own brother's medical-school network in China.