Things which very few people can ever experience. Like watching the Northern Lights, seeing a polar bear in the wild, etc.

What is the rarest thing you got to experience during your travels?

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Has anybody been to Iceland for Norther lights?
Any feedback, pro tip, anything at all? 
Please guide!

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I'm curious about the salary structures that MNCs follow or Expat assignments given to employees hired in India that excel and get a chance to work in offices outside of India. There's very little clarity on how specifics are determined, at least that's the case in our company. If possible, try to cover these aspects in your answer: 
1) Duration of these expat assignments: Is it few months/few years/permanent? 
2) Salary of India office: If the expat assignment is temporary, is it the norm that over and above your expat salary, you'll continue receiving your India salary tax free? 
3) Once the expat assignment is completed, are you expected to come back to India office and give KT to others, or you'll continue doing more expat assignments? 
4) What perks/allowances do you generally get as a part of the expat assignment, which you did not get in the India office? 

Please mention any other relevant aspects or weird incidents that you might have encountered first hand or of someone else going on an Expat assignment.

Salary structure for expat assignments in MNCs

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What is the most unique/ weirdest/offbeat country/island have you visited?

For me, haven't travelled much abroad but i did visit an island called JAVA in Indonesia which is 5-6 hours away from Bali and i trekked an active volcanic lake Kawa Ijen which is the most acidic volcanic lake in the world.

Would love to hear more if anyone has visited to any similar place..

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Me and my wife are 30 years old software engineer with no kids. Draw 7 lac a month please some yearly bonus. We invest 2 lac a month combined into equity market through mutual funds. 

Expenses: 1.5 lac a month including everything, lives in Bangalore in good society, owns a car, don't thing much before spending. 

Still after everything left with 3 lakhs every month in bank account. Not sure how to use that. We both don't have any fancy "shauk" where we can spend and hence don't have an urge to earn more. 

Any suggestions???

Post tax 7 lac a month. Double income no kids, but not sure what do with all the money.

Hey - we are also similar to you. Would strongly suggest finding something you’re passionate about. 
  
 For us (primarily me) - got a dog, took a 6 month sabbatical, travelled to 30+ countries in this time, left job to pursue startup idea, spend time with parents, learn language, improve fitness, learnt some coding, etc 
  
 It’s a pretty good position to be in - just explore I’d say

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I'm tired of typical tourist experiences and want to explore more authentic, lesser-known places on my next trip.

What's the most memorable 'off the beaten path' travel experience you've had? How did you discover it?

Seasoned travelers of Reddit, what's your most memorable 'off the beaten path' experience?

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Making a bucket list for myself. Japan & Switzerland are the next two I'm targeting, but I'm curious to get more recommendations. It'll also help me stay more motivated to earn :p

My top three:
1) Venice
2) Amsterdam
3) Munnar, Kerala

Look forward to yours :)

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The number of times I've heard people say shit like 'traveling makes you grow as a person'. Someone please specify what this growth looks like because I've never experienced it.

I don't think traveling is life-changing. I think most people have a romanticized, cinema-like idea of traveling that has been exaggerated even more because of social media. 

It definitely is fun to go on a vacation. But in most cases, that's all it is -- a source of entertainment. Maybe an ice-breaker the next time you go to some pretentious party. 

Am I missing something?

Is travelling overrated?

It depends how & where u travel.  
  
 I will put a quick example - Someone close to me always assumed ki roads usually breakdown in monsoons because it is normal in india. Once they traveled abroad and to a tropical island where rains are very common. After seeing the roads there, first comment was - “Roads don’t break always due to rains”. So, this was a life long learning for that human, broke the mirage of road quality and execution in India.  
  
 Similarly, once I went to a 3-days long trek with a friend to inner jungles of SEAsia. We had to carry drinking water with us & took bath in flowing river. If you have seen “Iss jungle se mujhe bachao” (desi version of fear factor) was shot there. This friend of mine after landing back made a statement “yaar jisne bhi shower invent kiya hai, it’s a big gift”. Takeaway from this travel was - He was able to appreciate the simplest thing which we take for granted.  
  
 Many people learn new things about culture, practices of a new place. My personal surprise was when I traveled to Bali and saw similarities between theirs n ours practices. Helped me to go back n read about various things of empires.  
  
 Multiple such stories, so yeah, it depends!

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Salary structure for expat assignments in MNC

So I have been looking for remote opportunities so that I can invest more (No rent), focus on health (less travel time more gym time), and travel (planning 2 international trips this year).

For folks working remotely, please share your advice on how I can achieve this and if you guys have any suggestions for any of these topics, I am open for conversation. Thanks.

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