Birthday musings
As I turn 28 today, I look at the things I did last year and the things I’m hoping to do before turning 29!
Last year
Biking on trails and abandoned train tracks in Niagara
The 28th year of my life was pretty interesting. I started it by crossing the Canada-USA border on my bicycle, getting shooed off the expressway in Buffalo and finally re-entering Canada as a permanent resident on my bike, much to the astonishment of the border guards. Hmm.. perhaps I should blog about it!
A month later I quit my job, packed my stuff and got ready to go on a 3 month holiday.
The first destination was Russia. Very eventful, very educative and very enjoyable.
Saint Basil’s Cathedral and statues commemorating the leaders of Russia’s volunteer army against the Polish invaders
Then I went to Mumbai, to see friends and family after 2 years. I traveled around, went on a 1600 km road trip with family, relaxed and enjoyed mom-made meals.
Mahishasura, Chamundi Hill, Mysore
Finally, I went to Bhutan, very Himalayan, very Buddhist and very spiritual. 
Chilies left hanging to dry from a house. They will then be used in Bhutan’s national food – Cheese and Chili
All this was in 2008.
2009 has been pretty dull – travel wise. Summer has been good season for cycling, although my old faithful bike got stolen and I had to invest in a new one. Just yesterday I finished a 4 day semi-adventurous cycling trip in southern Ontario with Chad. We got the whole deal: rain, flat tyre, sleeping in a corn field and getting lost.
Loaded up. Somewhere near Cayuga, southern Ontario
Next year
Oh, if wishes were horses….
I’d like to do a camping trip in Fall and Winter, see more of Canada (Montreal, West coast) and if there is sufficient vitamin M, perhaps a trip to Mexico wont be bad…! 
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Goofy in the GO train.
Sometimes I think that this blog is a living being…
I started this travel blog in November 08. Till date, there have been 74 posts (that’s about 2 per week), 1457 comments (that’s about 20 per post, including replies), and 36 subscriptions. I’m happy with these figures esp since I am not putting much efforts into promotion.
Overall, I am excited about the future. This blog is an extension of my personal travel journal, and I hope to keep you entertained. Thanks for the support!
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Hey, Happy Birthday!
Hope all your dreams come true.
↵Thanks Mahendra.
↵Happy birthday Priyank.
↵Thanks Mridula!
↵Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha !
↵Many Happy returns of the day !! May your wishes come true.
Thanks Cuckoo!
↵Happy Birthday, fate conspires to have me here today on your birthday am smiling
another hug and here is wishing you and your friend Chad lots of happy times, contented times, mad times ahead. I just finished Hannan Shaykh’s novel Only in London, you could try reading it or do The Confederacy of Dunces : for your birthday, two nice books 
↵Thanks Trisha!! I’ll check out, esp Confederacy of Dunces, I’ve heard about it!
↵as for news I just got back from near death experiences, trauma of being homelesss and amstill struggling to come to terms. I mean to start women’s Empowerment Group but do not know where to begin, so that no single Indian woman has to go through what I have been through in the past one month. You would find some accounts in the Open Salon blog. If it interests you
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↵Thanks Kevin!
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↵Happy birthday!!
Only 28? You cheeky bugger! Ha ha…
I’m slightly older than you…
↵But you’ve been to more places than me!!
Thanks! LOL, and better not compare our places – there are masters of the universe out there, we are nothing
↵वाढदिवसाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा भाव. तुझे भावी आयुष्य सुखात जग!!!
↵धन्यवाद सुदा!
↵Hey Priyank,
↵Many happy returns of the day. You definitely had a great last year.
Those statistics about your blog are impressive!! I am not surprised that you get so many visitors because you always have great stories and pictures.
Would love to read about that “sleeping in the corn field” experience.
Thanks Vamsee! Little ups and downs are always the norm, I’ll blog about the corn field soon.
↵Hi Mitraa….
↵Many many happy returns of the day…..
Have a gr8 year ahead….
Cheers
Thanks Mitra! You always remember
↵Wow. If we actually list what occurs, a year can be pretty hectic! Don’t worry too much about the lack of travel in 2009. It may be a low point, but I am sure high points will come your way sometime in the future. Enjoy Year 29!
↵Thanks Jeruen.
I’m looking forward to a high point again.. 
↵Happy belated birthday and good luck accomplishing all of your goals over the next year. Your blog is awesome btw
↵Thanks Anil.
↵Happpy happy bday! what an eventful last year, wishing for many many more to come
↵Thankss snoww!
↵Happy Birthday!!! Love your blog and tales, and for one thing if you want to make it past 29 DON’T lie on railway tracks,lol.
↵LOL
Thanks Bob, I’ll keep that in mind!
↵Happy birthday!
This blog IS a living being.
You accomplished quite a lot overall in your life. As for traveling, some years are full of surprises, some are quite dull… the last couple of years were good for me when it comes to travel, but the three years before that, nada.
↵Thanks Zhu for the spirit-lifting comment.
↵PS: the picture of you on the train track is awesome!
↵Oh thanks thanks! Those were the old train tracks in Niagara region.
↵I apologize for the delay in wishing you a very Happy Birthday! Too many feed reads and planning happening in my life at the moment
Hope you had a great time and wishing you luck in your future plans to Mexico 
↵Oh that’s fine! Its nice to keep getting wishes, I will never get tired of them at all! Thankyou so much.
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