A designer and traveler, Siddhartha Joshi, is an exceptional curator of stories. The owner of SidTheWanderer shares a diverse range of travel tips, photography shots, travelogues and traveling product reviews on his blog as well as his Instagram handle, where he has amassed over 91.9k followers. This popular travel blogger was born and raised in Pune and Mumbai, Maharashtra.
He wants to inspire people to explore the world and travel even more. Through his travel and living blog, The Wanderer, he shares his interactions with people across the globe as well as his learning of their culture. He believes that travelling has the power to make us more tolerant of differences and break barriers. He came across the idea of this blog while sitting in Almora in the Himalayas, figuring out ways to enjoy his weekends.
He started his blog in 2010. It has allowed him to writer for major publication houses, newspapers and magazines as well, giving him an expanded space to share his content. CNN, Huffington Post, and Shutterstock are major publication platforms that have also given him immense recognition and appreciation. On top of this, has also appeared on Discovery India on their series India’s Best Jobs and is also a well-known TEDx speaker. Alongside Arati Kumar-Rao, he was listed on a Shutterstock article as top photographers from India in December of 2016.
He manages to work and travel to all of these amazing places somehow. He says that the travels almost on every weekend. He also gets invited all over the country by brands, tourism boards and hotels. The job gives him a regular source of income to make the trips of his choice.
He also has a YouTube channel called ‘Sid the Wanderer’ and has done a project called ‘Tell me your dream’ where he meets a new person every day and collects their dream. These stories were shared on his blog as well as on his Instagram. He is passionate about travelling and hopes to one day being able to throw his passport in the trash can and travelling freely across the white globe.