I have traveled extensively for blockchain events, hackathons, and work, visiting multiple countries between 2023 and 2026. Travel became a significant part of my identity as a “nomad developer” during college, through my work at Viaprize with Noah Chon Lee and participation in the web3 community.
Timeline of major trips
- IIT Bombay E-Summit (2023): Early conference attendance.
- Thailand, Mu Accelerator (October 2023): First international dev trip. Trained Muay Thai. “Being a nomad developer is super fun!” Reported odd readjustment effects after returning home: “food started feeling slightly spicy, surroundings are more noisy.”
- Bangalore, Indian Blockchain Week / ETH India (December 2023): “Finally Indian Block Chain Week Bengaluru” (18 likes).
- Zanzibar with Viaprize team (May 2024): Jungle paradise. Met Vitalik Buterin.
- Formative Impact event (June 2024): XPRIZE workshop on teleportation topic.
- Thailand again (October 2024): More Muay Thai. Edge City hackathon.
- Devcon Bangkok (November 2024): “When you get into flow of work and see no one around after finishing it.”
- Bali (February 2025): “Bali airport process was so fucking smooth… I was worried coz I was only 3 hours early to flight, if it was Delhi or Mumbai I would have been rushing” (11 likes).
- ETH Global (September 2025): Built PayAny.link, while also working remotely for Legion.
Lessons and incidents
- Missed a flight by 10 minutes once, costing $600 for 3 people. “For the first time in life missed flight by 10 fucking mins.”
- Bangkok advice: “Never get a cab in Bangkok. Took more than 40 mins for 2 kms.”
- Delhi Terminal 1 observation: “single handedly occupied by Indigo flights, it’s pure dominance.”
- Bad experience with Kenya Airways on the way to Zanzibar.
- Sometimes spent heavily: “somehow I spent more than $3.5k in just 10 days.”
- Wanted to go to Bali or a hacker house again in April 2026.