TRAVEL · 2013 – 2026
1,18,562 km, mostly along one coast.
Riyadh, then Kasaragod, Kanjirappally and Kozhikode. A look at where I have been, built from my Google Maps Timeline. That is about 3.0 times around the Earth.
- 1,18,562
- km travelled
- 3,232
- days on record
- 97
- towns & cities
- 4
- countries
- 4
- flights logged
The places that shaped me
- Where I grew upUntil 2015
Riyadh
Spent my school years in Riyadh up to 7th grade, then moved back to India in March 2015. Came back for a long vacation in 2016.
210 days on record
- Home2015 – now
Kasaragod
Home since we moved back from Riyadh in 2015, and the place I keep returning to.
1,541 days on record
- College2020 – 2024
Kanjirappally
B.Tech at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, living in a hostel nearby. Hundreds of train rides between here and home.
732 days on record
- WorkApril 2022 – now
Kozhikode
Working here since 21 April 2022, from Hilite Business Park to Hilite Leptis and now Cyberpark Sahya. Where I live today.
854 days on record
- Friends & eventsEvery now and then
Kochi
Friends and events. Never lived here, but always a good reason to go.
80 days on record
Home turf
Every town I have spent time in along the Kerala and Karnataka coast. Bubble size is days spent there.
- Riyadh
- Kasaragod
- Kanjirappally
- Kozhikode
- Elsewhere
| Place | Days | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Kasaragod | 1,541 | 2014–26 |
| Kozhikode | 854 | 2019–26 |
| Kanjirappally | 732 | 2020–24 |
| Riyadh | 210 | 2013–17 |
| Kottayam | 99 | 2020–25 |
| Kochi | 80 | 2020–26 |
| Kannur | 70 | 2014–26 |
| Mangalore | 64 | 2015–26 |
| Shoranur | 47 | 2014–26 |
| Sullia | 24 | 2018–23 |
| Payyannur | 19 | 2017–26 |
| Thrissur | 18 | 2019–24 |
| Lalam | 17 | 2021–24 |
| Thalassery | 14 | 2021–26 |
+ 83 more towns, most of them a day or two on the road.
Further away
Flights I have on record and the places they led to.
Where the days went
Share of recorded time in each place, year by year, next to distance travelled. The short distance bars before 2017 mostly mean my phone recorded less, not that I stayed still.
- Riyadh
- Kasaragod
- Kanjirappally
- Kozhikode
- Elsewhere
How I get around
Kilometres by how I travelled them, as classified by Google. Longest single journey on the ground: 600 km by train, Chennai to Kochi.
- Train46,084 km · 453 trips
- Car42,602 km · 5,162 trips
- Flight10,680 km · 4 trips
- Motorbike8,950 km · 2,181 trips
- Bus6,860 km · 229 trips
- Unclassified2,205 km · 249 trips
- Walk1,102 km · 1,771 trips
- Cycle43 km · 18 trips
- Ferry35 km · 8 trips
Trips abroad
United Arab Emirates
Nov 2025 · 8 daysSharjah · Abu Dhabi · Dubai
Thailand
May 2025 · 7 daysBangkok · Phuket · Pattaya · Pran Buri · Krabi + 5 more
Saudi Arabia
May 2017 · 9 daysRiyadh
Saudi Arabia
Mar 2016 · 70 daysRiyadh · Al Hufuf
Saudi Arabia
Aug 2014 · 4 daysMecca · Medina
Source: my Google Maps Timeline export, 2013–2026. Every place is shown at city level only. Wi-Fi location glitches from 2014–15 are removed, and gaps mean my phone recorded nothing, not that I went nowhere.