Traveled a lot in 2017 for mainly work and managed to travel for fun too. Kicked off 2017 with a trip to Las Vegas for attending CES 2017 and my last trip of the year was a trip to Maui, Hawaii almost in the other side of the world. Here is a list of my top travel destinations for 2017. Hope to travel more in 2018
Las Vegas
CES 2017 was so much fun and tiring. Managed to spend some time in California post CES.
And after almost a fullday of flying @FoneArena is here at #CES2017 in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/XGvwvVLDpi
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) January 3, 2017
@Qualcomm @Snapdragon 835 is here ! #CES2017 pic.twitter.com/eEs9BUnYfg
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) January 3, 2017
That is @hbarra showing off the white Mi MIX @ #CES2017 pic.twitter.com/NAxxaXFK6W
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) January 5, 2017
OMG ! #AirPods #CES2017 pic.twitter.com/DeZr3nYd5n
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) January 6, 2017
Ran into @lokcheung of Digital rev at @LASairport , you can find his work at @PhotoGearNews pic.twitter.com/MENnkrXjGd
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) January 10, 2017
Barcelona
Going to Barcelona, Spain has become like a yearly ritual for me and 2017 was exciting too. I managed to discover a few more countries on this trip.
We are here #MWC17 in #Barcelona @FoneArena #fonearena #famwc pic.twitter.com/3aSfasnywk
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) February 25, 2017
Nokia made a comeback as HMD at MWC this year.
NOKIA #MWC2017 pic.twitter.com/mADyno3UNb
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) February 26, 2017
Round table discussion with @rosterloh Rick Osterloh , SVP of Hardware at @Google #mwc17 pic.twitter.com/2gifirUNds
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 1, 2017
Andorra
What a lovely tiny country Andorra is.
Freezing here in Andorra ! Those mountains ❤️ pic.twitter.com/iA4wPmf0d6
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 4, 2017
Got my Nintendo Switch on release day 😀
Time to play some games 😀 @NintendoEurope @Nintendo #SWITCH pic.twitter.com/fqHotmlOga
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 4, 2017
Toulouse
Toulouse was so much better than Paris in my opinion.
And this is how is they spelled my name at a Starbucks in France :)) Buggati Veyron anyone ?
Managed to visit the Aeroscopia museum and step inside a Concorde aircraft.
Zurich
Late night walk #shotbypixel #teampixel #Zurich pic.twitter.com/rCylTrimDL
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 11, 2017
Finally met @tuxmaniac in #zurich and he took me to the world's oldest vegetarian restaurant #foodieheaven @hiltl pic.twitter.com/Li1OcEQetR
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 25, 2017
Hahahah got this in Zurich from @digitec_de ! 10 freaking terabytes pic.twitter.com/3iTo6jy9En
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 16, 2017
Milan
Lamborghini waiting at red light 😂 #Milano pic.twitter.com/icrZLUIVrQ
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) March 16, 2017
Lisbon
Olá Lisboa ! pic.twitter.com/gPfwy1UUwW
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) April 20, 2017
Lovely smooth flight on #lh759 on a Airbus A340 quad engine plane @Lufthansa_DE @lufthansa pic.twitter.com/GzUNrPEOOe
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) April 20, 2017
The #IFAGPC17 is about to start here in #Lisbon @IFA_Berlin pic.twitter.com/vIRIz0IFQJ
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) April 22, 2017
TIL there is something called Apple Wine #apfelwein #frankfurt #teampixel #pixel pic.twitter.com/YWlfVY5fCS
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) April 23, 2017
OMG what a veggie bean burger in Burger king in Lisbon ! And it was yummy pic.twitter.com/9mhQ1rd4sg
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) April 23, 2017
Taipei
This guy kept running behind me in a mall and kept giving me looks 🙂 pic.twitter.com/8HTkAe3mi8
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) May 19, 2017
These 4G speeds in Taiwan are utterly crazy pic.twitter.com/oaZVRoIsyT
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) May 19, 2017
Hong Kong
Hello Hong Kong 🙏 pic.twitter.com/Zx0nNaOh8Q
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) May 20, 2017
Oh wow Tesla ModelX in HK! And people pose for my shot #S8 #TryingToShootLikeKai #HongKong @kaimanwong pic.twitter.com/a3W0W2nHh6
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) May 21, 2017
Shenzen
Also shopped a lot at a @xiaomi home in Shenzen . Do you guys want to see what's in the bag ? 😁 pic.twitter.com/0sjEkB4Jxr
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) July 18, 2017
Got a phone smaller than a finger from Shenzen RT if you would like to see a video about it pic.twitter.com/mQGFavl2AK
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) July 18, 2017
Berlin
Raspberry Pie anyone ? 😜 pic.twitter.com/st8vd6SONr
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) August 29, 2017
Windows PC on a palm anyone ? @iwalker2000 had one from GPD. Hoping for something like this to happen with Snapdragon 835 on Windows! pic.twitter.com/Vd1M23eJzp
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 2, 2017
San Francisco ( thrice ! )
This red Tesla is something to crave for ! pic.twitter.com/W5pHtECXF0
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) August 7, 2017
OMG lunch was so good @ChipotleTweets 🌯🌯🌮🌮 pic.twitter.com/9ISp6rm3od
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) August 2, 2017
When you look outside the @AmericanAir lounge in @flySFO 😀 pic.twitter.com/vpbe0chHw5
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 16, 2017
New York ( twice ! )
Hello New York ! pic.twitter.com/M9Ueaf1oQV
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 17, 2017
iPhone launch day
Line for iPhone 8 , mostly pickups . No walk-in purchases available. pic.twitter.com/J2rPtZ1AJL
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 22, 2017
Rode on the really fast @Amtrak train to NYC called Acela express. Freaking touched 200kmph+ speeds pic.twitter.com/oPMEn40Rfo
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 24, 2017
With the man himself @getpeid on his big day and the @oneplus 5T pic.twitter.com/byQw26MTap
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) November 16, 2017
Anyone know this guy Lew? The big daddy of unboxing! pic.twitter.com/hojzNGxlG3
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) November 17, 2017
Hawaii
All set for #SnapdragonSummit in Maui from tomorrow. What a lovely part of the world! pic.twitter.com/VY3s8Lv3Cm
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) December 5, 2017
Work location for the week, totally worth all the flying! #maui #SnapdragonSummit pic.twitter.com/HCtDLOB7YS
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) December 4, 2017
And within India
New Delhi
Delhi is like my 2nd home in India especially with so many launches. Several trips this year too.
Hello Delhi pic.twitter.com/bh5OP2VhDl
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) July 7, 2017
Oh wow ! @XiaomiIndia roping in Katrina Kaif for Y series pic.twitter.com/6TmEglQz32
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) November 2, 2017
Nokia 2 is here – 2 day battery life 😃! pic.twitter.com/LIulCIG0K9
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) October 31, 2017
Here is Kevin Beck from Lenovo talking about evolution of the ThinkPad. Did you know ThinkPad was created in Japan at IBM ? #ThinkPad25 pic.twitter.com/RiFHNb3g1K
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) October 24, 2017
Hahaha my room at this hotel is a 404 but it was found! #http #webdevjokes pic.twitter.com/RavRKogYiS
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) September 29, 2017
Mumbai
Mumbai #doubledecker #Pixel2 pic.twitter.com/KK1yF9bkjd
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) November 7, 2017
Wow , PayPal is launching domestically in India on the 1 year anniversary of demonetization. #newmoney #paypalindia pic.twitter.com/1TeJV1KaNi
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) November 8, 2017
Hyderabad
Some interesting demos on Tron X by Mahesh Lingareddy of @smartronindia . This company has some ambitious plans. pic.twitter.com/XhxzZ9MFhb
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) August 17, 2017
Gigabit internet in India ! @chunkynerd living the nerd life 😄 pic.twitter.com/uewxw6LBlA
— Varun Krishnan (@varunkrish) August 17, 2017
Kanyakumari
Managed to get out of Kanyakumari in the middle of a Cyclone.
Train journeys are fun!
Wonderful use of your new personal blog. Looking forward to more travel stories, Varun! 🙂
thanks Arun! Hope to post more.