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It started with a search for good midrange phone to gift to my wife (since the phone she had was used as a brick-building exercise by our toddler). I had my eyes on Iphone12 or Google phone 6 for a while and had shortlisted these 2 till i heard of Carl Pei launching Nothing phone this month. A small peek into Carl's wiki will give you an idea that he was the driving force behind ONEPLUS till he left and creating NOTHING. It started my hunt for Nothing phone 1 launch date. Enrolled for the launch and was invited soon for the pre-order launch. Bought it off Flipkart on the launch night (8gb 256gb Black). I did not like the white version as the glyph lights are yellowish in the leaks and hoped that they will contrast better on black (and they do!). The delivery was super quick within 24 hours and the unboxing experience was great (only con is no cover/case provided). Had to buy a charger seperately as it is not sold with the phone. The build quality is Iphone sturdy and the weight is

Trip of a lifetime!

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 It all started with a discussion with wifey (Farheen) to go for a trip where there is disconnect from the daily routine. Since our trip-mates (Amitav-Priyanka) were looking for a relaxing trip too, suggestions started coming in for various destinations like Rajasthan (Ranthambore), Sikkim Etc. I knew i wanted to go where we could explore the destination ourselves and i wanted it to be an adventurous trip (since none of us are getting any younger!). I suggested Ladakh (why not!) and the idea was a hit as none of us had been to Ladakh (and all of us had planned to go there at least once in our lifetime). The planning (or the lack of it) started, tickets were booked in a hurry (the rates were going up by the minute) and everything that could keep us warm and safe was being hunted and purchased. It is always great to have an itinerary planned in advance and we had multiple inputs from people (believe me, after doing Ladakh you will know that any amount of expert advice cannot prepa